Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax
Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax | |
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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 fuscithorax |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Laos, Sri Lanka.
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fuscithorax. Camponotus mitis var. fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893: 243.
- [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. mitis var. fuscithorax Forel, 1886f: 154 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: India: Calcutta (J. Wood-Mason).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as fueithorax by Santschi, 1920h: 173, Santschi, 1924c: 114.]
- Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156 (s.q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 96.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1893f: 252; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1901f: 121; Forel, 1909e: 397; Forel, 1911i: 228; Forel, 1913k: 125; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156; Emery, 1920c: 7; Santschi, 1920h: 173; Santschi, 1924c: 114.
- Subspecies of mitis: Bingham, 1903: 356.
- Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1925b: 96; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 101; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 28; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 40; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 44.
- [Note: Bingham, in Rothney, 1903: 99, states that, “Var. fuscithorax grades into genuine mitis when you get a big enough series.”]
- Distribution: India, Laos, Singapore, Sri Lanka.
Description
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 243, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and variety of variegatus)
- Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 156, soldier, queen, male described)