Camponotus johnclarki

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Camponotus johnclarki
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

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -29.52583313° to -35.65722275°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

  • 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.

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