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Camponotus nigricans
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. nigricans |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus nigricans Roger, 1863
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 50.68333° to 49.78306°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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. |
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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
   
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nigricans. Camponotus platypus var. nigricans Roger, 1863a: 140 (q.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
- Emery, 1893g: 268 (w.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Forel, 1912i: 92.
- Subspecies of platypus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 248.
- Status as species: Emery, 1893g: 268; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 705; Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 343; Viehmeyer, 1916b: 286; Emery, 1925b: 135; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 57; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 239; Baltazar, 1966: 272; Bolton, 1995b: 113.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus enganensis, pantiensis.
Description
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 272, listed)
- Emery, C. 1893g. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 62: 259-270. (page 268, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1893g. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 62: 259-270. (page 268, Raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus))
- Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 140, queen described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1929h. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 24: 27-64 (page 57, Raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
- Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
- Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.
- Viehmeyer H. 1916. Ameisen von den Philippinen und anderer Herkunft (Hym.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 5: 283-291.
- Wheeler W. M. 1909. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26: 333-345.