Camponotus foreli tingitanus

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Camponotus foreli tingitanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. foreli
Subspecies: C. foreli tingitanus
Trinomial name
Camponotus foreli tingitanus
Santschi, 1921

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 34.066667° to 31.8°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • tingitanus. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) gestroi st. tingitana Santschi, 1921b: 435 (w.q.) MOROCCO.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 98.
    • Subspecies of foreli: Emery, 1925b: 98; Santschi, 1929e: 161; Santschi, 1936c: 207; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Cagniant, 1996b: 92; Cagniant, 2006a: 194.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 98, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and subspecies of foreli)
  • Santschi, F. 1921b. Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. I. Quelques fourmis du nord de l'Afrique et des Canaries. Mem. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Tomo del Cincuentenario: 424-436 (page 435, worker, queen described)
  • Santschi, F. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 69: 138-165 (page 161, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and subspecies of foreli)