Camponotus vividus cato
Camponotus vividus cato | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. vividus |
Subspecies: | C. vividus cato |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus vividus cato Forel, 1913 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 4° to -20.41667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Uganda.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cato. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) meinerti r. cato Forel, 1913b: 346 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Katanga, Sankisia (J. Bequaert).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MRAC.
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 142;
- combination in C. (Myrmopelta): Santschi, 1926a: 18.
- Subspecies of vividus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 248, 976; Emery, 1925b: 142; Santschi, 1925h: 167; Santschi, 1926a: 18; Menozzi, 1933a: 113; Santschi, 1935a: 283; Weber, 1943c: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 91.
- Senior synonym of laevithorax: Menozzi, 1933a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 91.
- Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Zimbabwe.
- laevithorax. Camponotus vividus var. laevithorax Menozzi, 1924b: 227 (s.) UGANDA.
- Type-material: 2 syntype major workers.
- Type-locality: Uganda: Victoria Nyanza, Sesse I., Bugala, 1908 (E. Bayon).
- Type-depository: IEUB (perhaps also MSNG as original description says “received from MSNG”).
- Junior synonym of cato: Menozzi, 1933a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 107.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 142, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 346, soldier, worker described)
- Menozzi, C. 1933a. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova. II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacom (page 113, senior synonym of laevithorax)
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 18, combination in C. (Myrmopelta))
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 18, subspecies of vividus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 248, subspecies of vividus)