Camponotus guttatus minusculus

Camponotus guttatus minusculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. guttatus
Subspecies:	C. guttatus minusculus
Trinomial name
Camponotus guttatus minusculus Viehmeyer, 1914 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.

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

Nomenclature

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

• minusculus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. minusculus Viehmeyer, 1914b: 44 (s.w.q.) TANZANIA.
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 85.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 85.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 957.
  • Subspecies of guttatus: Emery, 1920c: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 111.

References

• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Variety of guttatus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 85, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914b [1913]. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(1 12: 24-60 (page 44, soldier, worker, queen described)