Camponotus bifossus
Camponotus bifossus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. bifossus |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus bifossus Santschi, 1917 |
Identification
Propodeum flat or weakly convex and scape without erect setae. Head sides; straight, strongly tapering. Vertex; convex. Setae; cheeks:absent. Setae; under head:absent. Setae; mesosoma dorsum: few long, thick, blunt. Integument; forehead: glossy. Propodeal angle; 90 -100 acute. Propodeal dorsum: straight. Ratio: propodeal dorsum/ declivity: about 1.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -34.21667° to -34.21667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bifossus. Camponotus (Colobopsis) bifossus Santschi, 1917b: 293 (s.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Subgenus indeterminate: Ward, et al. 2016: 351.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 991; Arnold, 1924: 707; Emery, 1925b: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 89; McArthur, 2012: 132.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
- Santschi, F. 1917b [1916]. Fourmis nouvelles de la Colonie du Cap, du Natal et de Rhodesia. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 85: 279-296 (page 293, soldier described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Santschi F. 1917. Fourmis nouvelles de la Colonie du Cap, du Natal et de Rhodesia. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 85: 279-296.