Camponotus barbatus infuscoides

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Camponotus barbatus infuscoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. barbatus
Subspecies: C. barbatus infuscoides
Trinomial name
Camponotus barbatus infuscoides
Bingham, 1903

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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

Nomenclature

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

  • infuscoides. Camponotus taylori var. infuscoides Bingham, 1903: 354.
    • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. taylori var. infuscoides Forel, 1893b: 433 (w.) (no state data; INDIA or SRI LANKA); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: India/Sri Lanka: (no further data).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Forel, 1909e: 397; Emery, 1925b: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 243.
    • Subspecies of barbatus: Bolton, 1995b: 105; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 31.
    • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka.

Description

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 354, worker described)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 105, Subspecies of barbatus, catalogue)