Camponotus variegatus flavotestaceus

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Camponotus variegatus flavotestaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. variegatus
Subspecies: C. variegatus flavotestaceus
Trinomial name
Camponotus variegatus flavotestaceus
Donisthorpe, 1948

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.43751° to -5.43751°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

  • flavotestaceus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) variegatus var. flavotestaceus Donisthorpe, 1948b: 311 (s.w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
    • Subspecies of variegatus: Donisthorpe, 1948d: 603; Donisthorpe, 1949g: 415; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 100.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1948b [1947]. A second instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(14): 297-317 (page 311, soldier, worker, queen described)