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Camponotus traegaordhi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. traegaordhi |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -16° to -29.76667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.
- traegaordhi. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus st. traegaordhi Santschi, 1914e: 38 (s.w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: South Africa: Natal, Stamford Hill, 26.i.1905 (I. Trägårdh) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 960; no lectotype designated), South Africa: Natal, Durban, 22.xii.1904 (I. Trägårdh), South Africa: Zululand, Dukudu, 27.vii.1905 (I. Trägårdh).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also NHRS).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 85.
- Subspecies of guttatus: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 85.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1914d: 250; Arnold, 1922: 627; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 960.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1926b: 252; Bernard, 1953b: 261; Bolton, 1995b: 127.
- Distribution: Guinea, South Africa.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus fumeus.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 579-674 (page 627, Subspecies of maculatus)
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Subspecies of guttatus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 6, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 38, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 252, Raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 579-674.
- Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Santschi F. 1914. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 15: 1-44.