Camponotus velox

Camponotus velox
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. velox
Binomial name
Camponotus velox (Jerdon, 1851)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Camponotus of India

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

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.

• velox. Formica velox Jerdon, 1851: 124 (w.) INDIA (Karnataka/Kerala).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: India: “very common in Malabar and I think is also found in the Carnatic” (T.C. Jerdon).
  • Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
  • [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 106.]
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
  • subgenus indeterminate: Emery, 1925b: 172;
  • combination in C. (Myrmepomis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 422; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 304; Dalla Torre, 1893: 256; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 172; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 129; Tiwari, 1999: 73; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 131; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26.
  • Distribution: India.

References

• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 172, Subgenus indeterminate)
• Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 103-127 (page 124, worker described)
• Lenoir, A., Háva, J., Hefetz, A., Dahbi, A., Cerdá, X., Boulay, R. 2013. Chemical integration of Thorictus myrmecophilous beetles into Cataglyphis ant nests. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 51, 335–342 (doi:10.1016/j.bse.2013.10.002).
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 3, Combination in Camponotus)