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Camponotus truebi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. truebi |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus truebi Forel, 1910
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 24.94246° to 24.94246°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Camponotus truebi genaiai. Worker. Specimen code casent0911704. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- truebi. Camponotus truebi Forel, 1910a: 31 (sw.) TAIWAN.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Nants Dist. (Rolle).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as treubi by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 235, and others.]
- Forel, 1912a: 75 (q.).
- Combination in C. (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266;
- combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 119.
- Status as species: Forel, 1912a: 75; Forel, 1914a: 266; Emery, 1925b: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 128; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Terayama, 2009: 215; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70.
- Senior synonym of arnoldi: Terayama, 2009: 215.
- Senior synonym of genaiai: Terayama, 2009: 216.
- Distribution: Taiwan.
- arnoldi. Camponotus truebi var. arnoldi Forel, 1912a: 75 (w.) TAIWAN.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Akau (H. Sauter).
- Type-depository: MHNG or DEIB.
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 119.
- Subspecies of truebi: Emery, 1925b: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 86; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61.
- Junior synonym of truebi: Terayama, 2009: 215.
- genaiai. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi var. genaiai Santschi, 1928b: 41 (w.) TAIWAN.
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Tachorin (H. Sauter) (received from Forel).
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also MHNG).
- Subspecies of itoi: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 231; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61.
- Subspecies of truebi: Santschi, 1937h: 380; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
- Junior synonym of truebi: Terayama, 2009: 216.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 119, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 31, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1912b. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 67-81 (page 75, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 266, Combination in C. (Camponotus))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Forel A. 1910. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32.
- Forel A. 1912. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
- Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
- Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
- Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.