Camponotus aequatorialis

Camponotus aequatorialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. aequatorialis
Binomial name
Camponotus aequatorialis Roger, 1863 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Camponotus aequatorialis kohli Forel, 1915

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Gabon (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.

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

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus aequatorialis kohli. Worker. Specimen code casent0910042. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Camponotus aequatorialis kohli. Worker. Specimen code focol2373. Photographer Christiana Klingenberg, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ZMHB, Berlin, Germany.

Syntype of Camponotus aequatorialis kohli. Worker. Specimen code focol2374. Photographer Christiana Klingenberg, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ZMHB, Berlin, Germany.

Syntype of Camponotus aequatorialis kohli. Worker. Specimen code focol2375. Photographer Christiana Klingenberg, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ZMHB, Berlin, Germany.

Nomenclature

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

• aequatorialis. Camponotus aequatorialis Roger, 1863a: 135 (w.) GABON.
  • Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 268;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 84.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list).
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1863: 458; Dalla Torre, 1893: 220; Santschi, 1911g: 211; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 962; Emery, 1925b: 84; Bernard, 1953b: 260; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus kohli.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 84, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 371, subspecies of maculatus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 84, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 268, combination in C. (Dinomyrmex))
• Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 135, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 204-217 (page 211, revived status as species)

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.
• Santschi F. 1911. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1: 204-217.
• 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