Camponotus nigricans enganensis

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Camponotus nigricans enganensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. nigricans
Subspecies: C. nigricans enganensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus nigricans enganensis
Forel, 1916
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Singapore.

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.

  • enganensis. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans r. enganensis Forel, 1916: 443 (q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Subspecies of nigricans: Viehmeyer, 1916b: 291; Emery, 1925b: 135; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 239; Bolton, 1995b: 97.
    • Senior synonym of nitidiceps: Viehmeyer, 1916b: 291; Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 97.
  • nitidiceps. Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) nigricans subsp. nitidiceps Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156 (q.) SINGAPORE.
    • Subspecies of nigricans: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 240.
    • Junior synonym of enganensis: Viehmeyer, 1916b: 291; Emery, 1925b: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 114.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 97, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 443, queen described)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1916b. Ameisen von den Philippinen und anderer Herkunft (Hym.). Entomol. Mitt. 5: 283-291 (page 291, senior synonym of nitidiceps)