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Camponotus variegatus infuscus
| Camponotus variegatus infuscus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. variegatus |
| Subspecies: | C. variegatus infuscus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus variegatus infuscus Forel, 1892 | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 25.3° to 25.3°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka (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.
- infuscus. Camponotus maculatus r. infuscus Forel, 1892j: 242 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Yerbury).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Bingham, 1903: 354 (s.); Forel, 1908a: 6 (q.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913k: 126;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 96.
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 354.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1893f: 252; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1901f: 121; Forel, 1908a: 6; Forel, 1913k: 126.
- Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 96; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252; Bolton, 1995b: 105; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 129; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 6; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 40.
- Distribution: India (+ Andaman Is), Myanmar, Sri Lanka.
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 354, Raised to species)
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 354, soldier described)
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 7, Subspecies of variegatus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, Subspecies of variegatus)
- Forel, A. 1892k. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 219-245 (page 242, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1908b. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Lasius carniolicus. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie? Strongylognathus testaceus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 1-22 (page 6, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 126, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 126, Race of m*Nalini, T., Jayanthi, R. 2020. First record on interaction between ants, other insect visitors and extrafioral nectaries (EFNS) in selected crops from India. Plant Archives 20, 2105-2113.
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