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Camponotus punctatissimus
| Camponotus punctatissimus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. punctatissimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus punctatissimus Forel, 1907
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar (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
Association with Other Organisms
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Fungi
This species is a host for the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (a pathogen) in Taiwan (Lin et al., 2020) (identification of host needs confirmation).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- punctatissimus. Camponotus pennsylvanicus subsp. punctatissimus Forel, 1907e: 19.
- [First available use of Camponotus herculeanus subsp. pennsylvanicus var. punctatissimus Emery, 1895k: 477 (s.) MYANMAR; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Combination in C. (Camponotus): Emery, 1925b: 74.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1895e: 455; Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list).
- Subspecies of herculeanus: Forel, 1913f: 200.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 74; Wheeler, W.M. 1927e: 3; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 62; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 222; Bolton, 1995b: 119; Radchenko, 1997a: 556; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 74, Combination in C. (Camponotus), and raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1907h. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 24: 1-20 (page 19, soldier described)
- Lin, W.-J., Lee, Y.-I., Liu, S.-L., Lin, C.-C., Chung, T.-Y., Chou, J.-Y. 2020. Evaluating the tradeoffs of a generalist parasitoid fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, on different sympatric ant hosts. Scientific Reports 10:6428 (doi:10.1038/s41598-020-63400-1).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1927e. A few ants from China and Formosa. American Museum Novitates 259: 1-4 (page 3, Combination in C. (Camponotus), and raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Forel A. 1895. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 453-472.
- Forel A. 1913. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6): 183-202
- Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2011. Checklist of Chinese Ants: the Formicomorph Subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (I). Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition. 29(3): 65-73.
- Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.