Camponotus wolfi

Camponotus wolfi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Phasmomyrmex
Species:	C. wolfi
Binomial name
Camponotus wolfi Emery, 1920 Specimen Label

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 0.55909° to -2.31269°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Central African Republic, Kenya, 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.

Nomenclature

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

• wolfi. Camponotus (Myrmacantha) wolfi Emery, 1920c: 30 (q.) CAMEROON.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Cameroon: (no further data) (L. Conradt).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in Phasmomyrmex (Myrmacantha): Emery, 1925b: 58;
  • combination in Camponotus: Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 316.
  • Distribution: Cameroon.

References

• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 30, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 58, Combination in Phasmomyrmex (Myrmacantha))
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1920. Studi sui Camponotus. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 52: 3-48.
• Watt, A.D., N.E. Stork and B.Bolton. 2002. The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon. Journal of Applied Ecology 39(1):18-30.