Camponotus vestitus perpectitus

Camponotus vestitus perpectitus
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

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.

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.

• 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.

References

• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 259, queen described)