Camponotus irritans carensis
Camponotus irritans carensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. irritans |
Subspecies: | C. irritans carensis |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus irritans carensis Emery, 1920 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nicobar Island (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.
- carensis. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) irritans subsp. carensis Emery, 1920c: 16, fig. 3 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 94.
- Subspecies of irritans: Emery, 1925b: 94; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 247; Bolton, 1995b: 91; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 24.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
- Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 16, fig. 3 worker described)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 94, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))