Camponotus variegatus comottoi

Camponotus variegatus comottoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. variegatus
Subspecies:	C. variegatus comottoi
Trinomial name
Camponotus variegatus comottoi Emery, 1887

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.967° to 19.967°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Myanmar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• comottoi. Camponotus sylvaticus r. comottoi Emery, 1887a: 213 (w.q.) MYANMAR.
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 96.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1920c: 7.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 225.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 225, 241 (footnote).
  • Subspecies of mitis: Bingham, 1903: 356.
  • Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1925b: 96; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 93.

References

• Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 356, subspecies of mitis)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 225, raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1887a [1886]. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24[=(2)(4): 209-240 (page 213, worker, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, subspecies of variegatus)