Camponotus vano

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Camponotus vano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Myrmosaga
Species: C. vano
Binomial name
Camponotus vano
Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022

A species endemic to Madagascar, C. vano is geographically restricted to the PN Zahamena and the Corridor Forestier Analamay-Mantadia in humid forests in the east of the island (Fig. 77D). Collection data indicate that the species is arboreal; nests have been found in dead bamboo on the ground, while workers have been found foraging on lower vegetation.


Identification

Lateral cephalic margins approximately parallel in full-face view; two apical teeth of mandibles closely spaced; lateral cephalic margin posterior to eye level without erect hairs; antennal scape covered with appressed hairs; mesosoma very low and long; propodeal dorsum at least four times as long as declivity; petiole nodelike.

See Camponotus radamae for additional details.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • vano. Camponotus vano Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 176, figs. 19B, 77 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.

Type Material

  • Holotype worker. MADAGASCAR: Province Toamasina: PN Zahamena, Onibe River, -17.75908, 48.85468, 780 m, rainforest, beating low vegetation, 22 Feb 2009 (B.L. Fisher, Malagasy Arthropod Team) collection code: BLF22341, specimen code: CASENT0217316 (CAS).
  • Paratypes. 2 minor workers and 1 major worker with same data as holotype but respectively specimen coded as: CASENT0077651, CASENT0840785, CASENT0152085 (PBZT, CAS).

Description

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