Camponotus vestitus perpectitus
Camponotus vestitus perpectitus | |
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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 perpectitus |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus vestitus perpectitus Santschi, 1926 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin (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.
- perpectitus. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) vestitus var. perpectitus Santschi, 1926b: 259 (q.) BENIN, IVORY COAST, GUINEA, MALI.
- Type-material: 2 (?) syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
- Type-localities: queen Benin (“Dahomey”): Kouandé (Desanti), worker Ivory Coast: Dimbroko (E. Le Moult), worker (?) Guinea (“Guinée française”): Konakri (E. Le Moult), queen Mali (“Soudan français”): Volta region, Sikaso (A. Chevalier).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of vestitus: Bolton, 1995b: 117.
- Distribution: Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 259, queen described)