Camponotus vanispinus

Camponotus vanispinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. vanispinus
Binomial name
Camponotus vanispinus Xia & Zheng, 1997

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

Nomenclature

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

• vanispinus. Camponotus vanispinus Xia & Zheng, 1997a: 65, figs. a-d (w.) CHINA (Xinjiang).
  • Type-material: holotype major worker.
  • Type-locality: China: Xinjiang Prov., Shanshan, 20.vii.1992 (Y. Xia).
  • Type-depository: SNUX.
  • Status as species: Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30.
  • Distribution: China.

References

• Xia, Y.; Zheng, Z. 1997a. A survey of Formicidae from Xinjiang. J. Shaanxi Normal Univ. Nat. Sci. Ed. 25(2): 64-66 (page 65, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chen Z. L., S. Y. Zhou, D. D. Ye, Y. Chen, and C. W. Lu. 2013. Moleular phylogeny of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China based on Mitochondrial genes. Sociobiology 60(2): 135-144.
• Gulzar A. 2014. Classification and Distribution of ants in Kashgar, Xinjiang. Master's Thesis Shaanxi Normal University, 75 pages.
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• 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.
• Xia Yongjuan, and Zheng Zhemin. 1997. A survey of Formicidae form Xinjiang. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University 25(2): 64-66.