Camponotus aberrans
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| Camponotus aberrans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Phasmomyrmex |
| Species: | C. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus aberrans Mayr, 1895
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ghana (type locality), Nigeria, Uganda.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Fungi
This species is a host for the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilaterialis (a pathogen) (Shrestha et al., 2017).
Castes
- The following images are provided by AntWeb
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- aberrans. Camponotus aberrans Mayr, 1895: 152 (q.) GHANA. Santschi, 1915c: 264 (w.). Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1914a: 274; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 707; in C. (Myrmacantha): Emery, 1920b: 246; in Phasmomyrmex (Myrmacantha): Emery, 1925b: 58. Combination in Camponotus: Ward, et al., 2016: 349.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 246, Combination in C. (Myrmacantha))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 58, Combination in Phasmomyrmex (Myrmacantha))
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 274, Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis))
- Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 10: 124-154 (page 152, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 264, worker described)
- Shrestha B, Tanaka E, Hyun MW, Han JG, Kim CS, Jo JW, Han SK, Oh J, Sung JM, Sung GH. 2017. Mycosphere Essay 19. Cordyceps species parasitizing hymenopteran and hemipteran insects. Mycosphere 8(9): 1424–1442 (DOI 10.5943/mycosphere/8/9/8).
- Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 707, Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis))
