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Camponotus timidus
| Camponotus timidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. timidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus timidus (Jerdon, 1851) | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- timidus. Formica timida Jerdon, 1851: 122 (w.q.) INDIA (Karnataka/Kerala).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Malabar coast, “very common” (T.C. Jerdon).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 105.]
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica timida Foerster, 1850a: 35 (Bolton, 1995b: 127).]
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
- subgenus indeterminate: Emery, 1925b: 172;
- combination in C. (Myrmepomis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236.
- Junior synonym of mitis: Forel, 1892j: 242.
- Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 421; Roger, 1863b: 3; Dalla Torre, 1893: 254; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 172; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Tiwari, 1999: 73; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 123; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26.
- Distribution: India.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 172, Subgenus indeterminate)
- Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 103-127 (page 122, worker, queen described)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 3, Combination in Camponotus)