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Camponotus variegatus batta
| Camponotus variegatus batta | |
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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 batta |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus variegatus batta Menozzi, 1930 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.
- batta. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) variegatus subsp. batta Menozzi, 1930a: 3, fig. 2 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Tangga, 2-4.viii.1928 (J.C. van der Meer Mohr).
- Type-depository: IEUB.
- Subspecies of variegatus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
- Menozzi, C. 1930a. Formiche di Sumatra raccolte dal Prof. J. C. van der Meer Mohr. Misc. Zool. Sumatr. 47: 1-5 (page 3, fig. 2 soldier, worker described)