Camponotus truebi

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Camponotus truebi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. truebi
Binomial name
Camponotus truebi
Forel, 1910

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 24.94246° to 24.94246°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Taiwan (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

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Syntype of Camponotus truebi genaiaiWorker. Specimen code casent0911704. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • truebi. Camponotus truebi Forel, 1910a: 31 (w.) TAIWAN.
    • [Misspelled as treubi by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 235, and others.]
    • Forel, 1912a: 75 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a: 266;
    • combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 119.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1912a: 75; Forel, 1914a: 266; Emery, 1925b: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 128; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Terayama, 2009: 215; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 70.
    • Senior synonym of arnoldi: Terayama, 2009: 215.
    • Senior synonym of genaiai: Terayama, 2009: 216.
  • arnoldi. Camponotus truebi var. arnoldi Forel, 1912a: 75 (w.) TAIWAN.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 119.
    • Subspecies of truebi: Emery, 1925b: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 86; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61.
    • Junior synonym of truebi: Terayama, 2009: 215.
  • genaiai. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi var. genaiai Santschi, 1928b: 41 (w.) TAIWAN.
    • Subspecies of itoi: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 231; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61.
    • Subspecies of truebi: Santschi, 1937h: 380; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
    • Junior synonym of truebi: Terayama, 2009: 216.

Description

References

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. 1910. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32.
  • Forel A. 1912. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61.
  • Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
  • 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.
  • Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
  • Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
  • 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.