Camponotus johnclarki
Camponotus johnclarki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. johnclarki |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992 | |
Synonyms | |
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Workers are rarely encountered, but on several instances I have seen them foraging on Banksia trunks in woodland north of Perth (Heterick 2009).
Identification
Keys including this Species
- Key to Australian Camponotus majors of the southwestern Botanical Province
- Key to Australian Camponotus minors of the southwestern Botanical Province
- Key to Australian Camponotus species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -29.52583313° to -35.65722275°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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.
- sanguinea. Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930a: 116, fig. 1 (nos.1,2) (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus japonicus sanguinea Karavaiev, 1929b: 212.]
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 127; Taylor, 1987a: 48.
- Replacement name: Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992a: 59.
- johnclarki. Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992a: 59.
- Replacement name for Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930a: 116. [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus sanguinea Karavaiev, 1929b: 212.]
- Subgenus indeterminate: Bolton, 1995b: 106.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 106; McArthur, 2007a: 318; Heterick, 2009: 62; McArthur, 2010: 84; McArthur, 2014: 108.
Type Material
- Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930: Syntype, 1 worker, Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Museum.
- Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930: Syntype, 2 workers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-053502, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930: Syntype, worker(s), Perth and Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Notostigma sanguinea Clark, 1930: Syntype, 3 workers, Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1930a. Some new Australian Formicidae. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 42: 116-128 (page 116, replacement name for Notostigma sanguinea)
- Heterick, B. E. 2009a. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 1.
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Karavaiev, V. 1929d. Myrmekologische Fragmente. II. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 7:205-220 [= Tr. Vseukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 13:203-218]. (page 212, junior secondary homonym of Camponotus sanguinea)
- Taylor, R. W. 1992a. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Guinean ants of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 57-69 (page 59, Camponotus johnclarki Taylor)