Camponotus cinctellus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica cinctella Gerstäcker, 1859: 262 (w.q.m.) (no state data).
 * [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 510; type-locality Mozambique from this reference.]
 * Arnold, 1924: 689 (s.).
 * Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2;
 * combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1913b: 340.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list).
 * Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Mayr, 1893: 195; Emery, 1895a: 180; Emery, 1895h: 48 (in key); Emery, 1896i: 158; Forel, 1903e: 564; Forel, 1907g: 89; Forel, 1909b: 67; Forel, 1910c: 271; Forel, 1910e: 457; Forel, 1910f: 25; Forel, 1911d: 371; Stitz, 1911b: 392; Karavaiev, 1911: 12; Forel, 1913b: 340; Forel, 1913h: 355; Forel, 1913j: 224; Forel, 1914d: 254; Santschi, 1914b: 133; Santschi, 1914d: 381; Santschi, 1914e: 41; Forel, 1915c: 350; Stitz, 1916: 401; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 246, 966; Viehmeyer, 1923: 93; Arnold, 1924: 689; Emery, 1925b: 105; Menozzi, 1933a: 112; Santschi, 1935a: 280; Finzi, 1939a: 160; Menozzi, 1939c: 107; Weber, 1943c: 336; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 69.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 413; Roger, 1863b: 2; Dalla Torre, 1893: 224; Santschi, 1939c: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 92; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204; Madl, 2019: 14.
 * Senior synonym of venustus: Emery, 1895h: 48 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus belliceps.
 * venustus. Camponotus venustus Mayr, 1867c: 441 (w.) (no state data).
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 662 (redescription, footnote).
 * Junior synonym of cinctellus: Emery, 1895h: 48 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 129.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Forel A. 1897. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen und von Herrn Perrot auf Ste. Marie (Madagaskar) gesammelten Ameisen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 185-208.
 * Forel A. 1901. Einige neue Ameisen aus Südbrasilien, Java, Natal und Mossamedes. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 297-311.
 * Forel A. 1903. Einige neue Ameisen aus Sud-Angola. Pp 559-564, in: Baum, H. Kunene-Sambesi-Expedition, 1903. Berlin: Verlag des Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Komitees, 593pp.
 * Forel A. 1910. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 1-30.
 * Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
 * Hanrahan S. A., M. J. Steinbauer, and F. D. Duncan. 2014. Ant assemblages in a poorly sampled part of the arid Nama Karoo. African Entomology 22(2): 448453.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Karavaiev V. 1911. Ameisen aus Aegypten und dem Sudan. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 11: 1-12.
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 * Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
 * Menozzi C. 1932. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova. Parte II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 56: 93-112.
 * Menozzi C. 1939. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biologica nel Paese dei Borana. 3: 97-110.
 * Menozzi C., M. Consani. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11: 57-71.
 * Nsengimana V., K. A. Beth, F. Frederic, K. M. M. Lombart, D. Wouter, and N. Donat. 2018. Use of soil and litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as biological indicators of soil quality under different land uses in Southern Rwanda. Environmental Entomology 47(6): 1394-1401.
 * Parr C., and S. Chown. 2001. Inventory and bioindicator sampling: Testing pitfall and Winkler methods with ants in a South African savanna. Journal of Insect Conservation 5: 27-36.
 * 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