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Camponotus variegatus flavotestaceus
| Camponotus variegatus flavotestaceus | |
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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 flavotestaceus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus variegatus flavotestaceus Donisthorpe, 1948
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -5.43751° to -5.43751°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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
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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).
- Type-material: 5 syntype major workers, 8 syntype minor workers, 4 syntype queens.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, Liki, viii.1944 (E.S. Ross).
- Type-depository: CASC.
- Subspecies of variegatus: Donisthorpe, 1948d: 603; Donisthorpe, 1949g: 415; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 100.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
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)