Camponotus variegatus somnificus

Camponotus variegatus somnificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. variegatus
Subspecies:	C. variegatus somnificus
Trinomial name
Camponotus variegatus somnificus Forel, 1902

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Camponotus of India

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 11.347133° to 11.347133°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), 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.

Nomenclature

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

• somnificus. Camponotus maculatus r. somnificus Forel, 1902d: 287 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: India: Nilgiris, Coonoor (R.C. Wroughton).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as somifica by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252, Tiwari, 1999: 72.]
  • Forel, 1908a: 6 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913k: 128;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 96.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 7.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1903a: 711; Forel, 1908a: 6; Forel, 1913k: 128.
  • Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1925b: 96; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252; Bolton, 1995b: 124; Tiwari, 1999: 72; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 131; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 41.
  • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, catalogue)
• Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and subspecies of variegatus)
• Forel, A. 1902d. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 284-296 (page 287, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1908b. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Lasius carniolicus. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie? Strongylognathus testaceus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 1-22 (page 6, queen, male described)
• Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 128, combination in C. (Myrmoturba()