Camponotus werthi skaifei

Camponotus werthi skaifei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. werthi
Subspecies:	C. werthi skaifei
Trinomial name
Camponotus werthi skaifei Arnold, 1959 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• skaifei. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) werthi var. skaifei Arnold, 1959: 336, fig. 22 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker (caste not stated), paratype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype South Africa: Cape Prov., Tiervlei, iii.1957 (S.H. Skaife); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: SAMC (holotype); BMNH, SAMC (paratypes).
  • Subspecies of werthi: Bolton, 1995b: 124.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Arnold, G. 1959. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 14. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. B. Nat. Sci. 3: 316-339. (page 336, fig. 22 soldier, worker described)