Camponotus oblongus binominatus

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

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.7009° to 30.3416°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

  • opaca. Camponotus oblongus var. opaca Forel, 1907a: 32 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Formica opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmoturba) oblongus var. binominata Forel, 1916: 458.
  • binominatus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) oblongus var. binominata Forel, 1916: 458.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus oblongus var. opaca Forel, 1907a: 32. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus quadrimaculatus var. opaca Emery, 1899f: 290.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 95.
    • Subspecies of oblongus: Emery, 1925b: 95; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 249; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a: 8 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 25.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
  • Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H. 2023. Two new species of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with five new records from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 901, 1-51 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.901.2317).
  • Emery, C. 1899e. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 31: 263-290 (page 290, junior pirmary homonym of opaca)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 95, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 32, replaced name)
  • 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 458, replacement name for opaca)