Camponotus olivieri lemma

Camponotus olivieri lemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. olivieri
Subspecies:	C. olivieri lemma
Trinomial name
Camponotus olivieri lemma Forel, 1886 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.51667° to -19.51667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Gambia.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• lemma. Camponotus foraminosus r. lemma Forel, 1886f: 176 (w.q.) ANGOLA, TANZANIA (Zanzibar).
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-localities: Angola: Malangé (M. Buchner) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 980; no lectotype designated), Tanzania: Zanzibar (J.M. Hildebrandt).
  • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also MHNG).
  • [Misspelled as lema by Santschi, 1930b: 57.]
  • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 270.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 238.
  • Subspecies of foraminosus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 231 (footnote); Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Forel, 1907a: 31; Forel, 1913h: 357; Forel, 1914d: 254; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 980.
  • Subspecies of olivieri: Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 132; Santschi, 1930b: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
  • Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania.

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 238, Raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 376, Subspecies of foraminosus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 132, Subspecies of olivieri)
• Forel, A. 1886g. Expériences et remarques critiques sur les sensations des insectes. Deuxième partie. Nouvelles et anciennes expériences. (Suite). Recl. Zool. Suisse 4: 145-240 (page 176, worker, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 270, Combination in C. (Myrmotrema))
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 270, Subspecies of olivieri)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 980, Subspecies of foraminosus)