Camponotus maculatus obfuscatus

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Camponotus maculatus obfuscatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. maculatus
Subspecies: C. maculatus obfuscatus
Trinomial name
Camponotus maculatus obfuscatus
Viehmeyer, 1916

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy (in a malaise trap) of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei (however they note that more material is needed for a definitive identification of their specimens).

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Singapore (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.

  • obfuscatus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) subnudus var. obfuscata Viehmeyer, 1916a: 154 (s.w.) SINGAPORE.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 94; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 248.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Bolton, 1995b: 114.

Description

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