Camponotus reticulatus sericellus

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Camponotus reticulatus sericellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. reticulatus
Subspecies: C. reticulatus sericellus
Trinomial name
Camponotus reticulatus sericellus
Viehmeyer, 1916

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.

  • sericellus. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) bedoti subsp. sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916a: 158 (s.w.q.) SINGAPORE.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Singapore: 13 : 15, 103 (no further data), (xi.1912-vi.1914) (H. Overbeck).
    • Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also SMTD).
    • Subspecies of bedoti: McArthur, 2012: 94 (error).
    • Subspecies of reticulatus: Crawley, 1923a: 30; Crawley, 1924: 406; Emery, 1925b: 139; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 123; McArthur, 2012: 108; Wang, W.Y., Soh, et al. 2022: 38.
    • Distribution: Singapore.

Description

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