Camponotus variegatus papua

Camponotus variegatus papua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. variegatus
Subspecies:	C. variegatus papua
Trinomial name
	Camponotus variegatus papua; Chapman & Capco, 1951

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

Biology

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This species is a host for the strepsipteran Pseudacteon sp. (a parasite) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode secondary; indirect transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

papua. Campontus (Tanaemyrmex) variegatus var. papua Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. novaehollandiae var. papua Emery, 1911c: 256 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Bolton, 1995b: 116).]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, 1904-05 (Koch).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Misspelled as papuana by Emery, 1920c: 7.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1912b: 83; Viehmeyer, 1912: 23; Mann, 1919: 369; Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 96.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.

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)