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Camponotus thraso assabensis
| Camponotus thraso assabensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. thraso |
| Subspecies: | C. thraso assabensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus thraso assabensis Emery, 1925 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- assabensis. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thraso var. assabensis Emery, 1925b: 92.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. adenensis var. assabensis Emery, 1893f: 258 (w.) ERITREA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Eritrea: Assab (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1920c: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 952.
- Subspecies of thraso: Bolton, 1995b: 86; Madl, 2019: 14.
- Distribution: Eritrea.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1893h. Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 62: 239-258 (page 258, First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. adenensis var. assabensis; unavailable name.)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 92, worker described)