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Camponotus wellmani
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. wellmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus wellmani Forel, 1909
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 3.73503° to -8.86667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Guinea.
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
Images from AntWeb
    
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| Syntype of Camponotus wellmani. Worker. Specimen code casent0910080. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
  
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| Syntype of Camponotus wellmani gamma. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0912079. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
    
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| Syntype of Camponotus wellmani gamma. Worker. Specimen code casent0912080. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wellmani. Camponotus wellmani Forel, 1909b: 67 (s.w.q.) ANGOLA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-localities: minor workers, queen Angola: Benguela (C. Wellman) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 965; no lectotype designated), major worker Democratic Republic of Congo: Kapema, Kipaila (S. Neave).
- Type-depositories: MRAC, MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmogigas): Forel, 1912i: 90;
- combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1913b: 340;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 89.
- Status as species: Forel, 1911f: 281; Santschi, 1911g: 211; Forel, 1912j: 180; Forel, 1913b: 340; Forel, 1916: 441; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 245, 965; Emery, 1925b: 89; Santschi, 1926b: 258; Santschi, 1930b: 75; Santschi, 1937d: 239; Bernard, 1953b: 261; Bolton, 1995b: 130.
- Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Tanzania.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus gamma, rufipartis.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 89, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: 51-73 (page 67, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 90, Combination in C. (Myrmogigas))
- Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 340, Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
- Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
- Forel A. 1909. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53: 51-73.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Santschi F. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1: 204-217.
- Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.
- Santschi, F.. "Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37 (1930): 53-81.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004