Camponotus texens

Camponotus texens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. texens
Binomial name
Camponotus texens Dumpert, 1986 Specimen Labels

A Weaver Ant that uses silk in its nest construction.

Identification

A member of the subgenus Karavaievia. This group of Camponotus species is known for their monomorphic workers and their nest weaving behavior.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Camponotus Karavaievia males
• Key to Camponotus Karavaievia workers

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

General details about the biology of species in this subgenus can be found on the Karavaievia webpage.

Camponotus texens represents a new type of weaver ant. Its territory is dominated by one‐chamber pavilions. It usually houses scale insects inside the pavilions and is as highly differentiated in its nest building behaviour as Oecophylla but in a different manner (Maschwitz et al. 1985).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• texens. Camponotus (Karavaievia) texens Dumpert, 1986: 559, figs. 1, 2, 3 (w.q.m.) WEST MALAYSIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 40 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens, 5 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Malaysia: Pahang, nr Kuantan, 20.ii.1984 (U. Maschwitz); paratypes: 20 workers, 5 males with same data, 20 workers, 5 queens Malaysia: Selangor, Gombak Valley, ca 25 km. N Kuala Lumpur, 31.xii.1982 (U. Maschwitz).
  • Type-depositories: NHMB (holotype); BMNH, KDPC, MCSN, MCZC, MNKL (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 127; Dumpert, Maschwitz, et al. 1995: 104 (in key); Dumpert, Maschwitz & Weissflog, 2006: 78 (in key).
  • Distribution: Malaysia (Peninsula).

References

• Dumpert, K. 1986 [1985]. Camponotus (Karavaievia) texens sp. n. and C. (K.) gombaki sp. n. from Malaysia in comparison with other Karavaievia species (Formicidae: Formicinae). Psyche. 92:557-573. (page 559, figs. 1, 2, 3 worker, queen, male described)
• Maschwitz U., Dumpert K. and Schmidt G. 1985. Silk pavilions of two Camponotus (Karavaievia) species from Malaysia: description of a new nesting type in ants (Formicidae: Formicinae). Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 69: 23-249.