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Camponotus xingdoushanensis
| Camponotus xingdoushanensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. xingdoushanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus xingdoushanensis Wang, W. & Chen, 2003 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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. |
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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.
- xingdoushanensis. Camponotus xingdoushanensis Wang, W. & Chen, 2003: 541, fig 1 (w.) CHINA (Hubei).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Hubei Prov., Xingdou Mts , Lichuan City, 8.viii.2008 (W. Wang); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: SNUX.
- Status as species: Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30.
- Distribution: China.
Description
One new species of Camponotus Mayr was from Xingdou mountains, Lichuan city, Hubei Province. The type specimens are deposited at Institute of Zoology, Shanxi Teacher's University. Camponotu xingdoushanensis sp. nov. (Fig. 1) The new species is very similar to C. pseudoirritans Wu et Wang, but differs from the latter in the following aspects: its petiole is thick, the anterior face convex, and the posterior face is cenvex slightly. Its alitrunk is dull, but its gaster is smooth and shinning. In worker,the major anternal scapes are shorter, only 2/5 of their length,and project beyond the occipital margin; the body of the worker is medium in seze, the hind part of the head does not become narrow coudadly. The new species is also allied to C. mitts (F. Smith), but in the former, the first gaster segment has same the color with the others and the colour of its alitrunk is darker. Holotype worker: Xingdou mountains, Lichuan City.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wang, W., and Y. Chen. 2003. A new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr from China. Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University 22(6): 541-543.