Camponotus quadrisectus hians

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Camponotus quadrisectus hians
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. quadrisectus
Subspecies: C. quadrisectus hians
Trinomial name
Camponotus quadrisectus hians
Forel, 1907

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore (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.

  • hians. Camponotus quadrisectus subsp. hians Forel, 1907a: 32 (s.w.) SINGAPORE.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus): Emery, 1925b: 135.
    • Subspecies of quadrisectus: Stitz, 1925: 127; Emery, 1925b: 135; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 240; Baltazar, 1966: 272; Bolton, 1995b: 103.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 135, Combination in C. (Myrmotarsus))
  • Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 32, soldier, worker described)