Camponotus thomasseti

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Camponotus thomasseti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. thomasseti
Binomial name
Camponotus thomasseti
Forel, 1912

Camponotus thomasseti casent0101708 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

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

Images from AntWeb

Camponotus thomasseti casent0102307 head 1.jpgCamponotus thomasseti casent0102307 profile 1.jpgCamponotus thomasseti casent0102307 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus thomasseti casent0102307 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0102307. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
Camponotus thomasseti casent0102308 head 1.jpgCamponotus thomasseti casent0102308 profile 1.jpgCamponotus thomasseti casent0102308 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus thomasseti casent0102308 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0102308. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • thomasseti. Camponotus thomasseti Forel, 1912k: 166 (w.m.) SEYCHELLES IS (Mahé I., Silhouette I.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1054; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Dorow, 1996a: 85; McArthur, 2012: 146.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1912l. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume 4. No. XI. Fourmis des Seychelles et des Aldabras, reçues de M. Hugh Scott. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. (2) 15: (page 166, worker, male described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Dorow, Wolfgang H. O. 1995. Review and Bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 110:73-96
  • Dorow, Wolfgang H.O. 1996. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles. Journal of African Zoology 110(2): 73-95.
  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Forel A. 1912. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume 4. No. XI. Fourmis des Seychelles et des Aldabras, reçues de M. Hugh Scott. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. (2) 15: 159-167.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055