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Camponotus vividus meinerti
| Camponotus vividus meinerti | |
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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 meinerti |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus vividus meinerti Forel, 1886
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.31333° to 6.31333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Chad.
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.
- meinerti. Camponotus meinerti Forel, 1886f: 189 (s.w.q.) ANGOLA, GABON, GHANA, IVORY COAST.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Angola: Malangé (M. Buchner), Gabon: (no further data) (R. Büttner), Ghana: Accra (no collector’s name), Ivory Coast: Addah (no collector’s name).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, MNHU.
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Forel, 1912i: 92;
- combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1913b: 346;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1925b: 142;
- combination in C. (Myrmopelta): Santschi, 1926a: 17.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; André, 1895a: 1; Mayr, 1895: 151; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1901h: 74; Forel, 1907e: 16; Stitz, 1910: 149; Santschi, 1910c: 393; Forel, 1910e: 451; Forel, 1911f: 282; Forel, 1913b: 346; Forel, 1913e: 670; Forel, 1913h: 357; Santschi, 1914d: 381; Forel, 1916: 444; Stitz, 1916: 396; McArthur, 2012: 136 (error).
- Junior synonym of vividus: Emery, 1898a: 227; Santschi, 1915c: 264; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 975; Emery, 1925b: 142.
- Subspecies of vividus: Santschi, 1926a: 17; Santschi, 1930b: 57; Santschi, 1935a: 283; Menozzi, 1942: 180; Eidmann, 1944: 465; Bolton, 1995b: 111.
- Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.
Description
References
- 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. 1886g. Expériences et remarques critiques sur les sensations des insectes. Deuxième partie. Nouvelles et anciennes expériences. (Suite). Recl. Zool. Suisse 4: 145-240 (page 189, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 346, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 264, Junior synonym of vividus)
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 17, Combination in C. (Myrmopelta))
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 17, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of vividus)
- Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 27: 254-285 (page 283, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of vividus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 975, Junior synonym of vividus)