Camponotus robecchii assumptionis

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Camponotus robecchii assumptionis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. robecchii
Subspecies: C. robecchii assumptionis
Trinomial name
Camponotus robecchii assumptionis
Crawley, 1921

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Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -9.75° to -9.75°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Seychelles (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

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Nomenclature

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

  • assumptionis. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) troglodytes r. assumptionis Crawley, 1921: 95 (s.w.) SEYCHELLES (Assumption).
    • Type-material: 1 (?) syntype major worker, 1 (?) syntype minor worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Seychelles: Assumption Is (Aldabra), 1916, no. 322 (P.R. Dupont).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Subspecies of robecchii: Bolton, 1995b: 86.
    • Distribution: Seychelles.

Description

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