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Camponotus vestitus pectitus
| Camponotus vestitus pectitus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. vestitus |
| Subspecies: | C. vestitus pectitus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus vestitus pectitus Santschi, 1930
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -14.9° to -33.99358°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pectitus. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) vestitus var. pectita Santschi, 1930a: 74.
- [First available use of Camponotus rufoglaucus st. vestitus var. pectita Santschi, 1911g: 212 (s.w.q.) ANGOLA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-localities: workers Angola: Benguela, Cucala (J. Cruchet) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 969; no lectotype designated), queen Chad: Moyen Chari (J. Decorse).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1913j: 224; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 969; Arnold, 1924: 695; Emery, 1925b: 106.
- Subspecies of vestitus: Santschi, 1930b: 77; Santschi, 1937d: 242; Santschi, 1937g: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 116.
- [Note: Santschi, 1926b: 259, and Santschi, 1930a: 74, suggest that material of pectitus and intuens may be identical.]
- Distribution: Angola, Chad, Uganda, Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part VI. Camponotinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 675-766 (page 695, see also)
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 259, see also (indicates that material of pectitus and intuens may be identical))
- Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 70: 49-77 (page 74, soldier, worker, queen described)