Camponotus becki

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Camponotus becki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Myrmosaga
Species: C. becki
Binomial name
Camponotus becki
Santschi, 1923

Camponotus hova becki casent0101100 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

Based on recent collection data, Camponotus becki is restricted to the ericoid thickets and montane rainforests of the PN Andringitra (Fig. 45 D). The species has been found nesting under stones and foraging on the ground. (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022)

Identification

With head in full-face view, lateral margins of head anterior to eye level parallel and lacking erect hairs, lateral cephalic margin rounding to posterior margin, anteromedian clypeal margin truncate; propodeal dorsum more or less straight and joining declivity surface at a broad angle; body color black to dark brown. (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022)

See also discussion under Camponotus asara.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (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 hova becki casent0101101 head 1.jpgCamponotus hova becki casent0101101 profile 1.jpgCamponotus hova becki casent0101101 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus hova becki casent0101101 label 1.jpg
Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0101101. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Paralectotype of Camponotus beckiWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0101777. Photographer Nick Olgeirson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Camponotus hova becki casent0101992 head 1.jpgCamponotus hova becki casent0101992 profile 1.jpgCamponotus hova becki casent0101992 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus hova becki casent0101992 label 1.jpg
Lectotype of Camponotus beckiWorker. Specimen code casent0101992. Photographer Nick Olgeirson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • becki. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) radamae st. becki Santschi, 1923e: 292.
    • [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus r. radamae var. becki Forel, 1914d: 251 (w.) MADAGASCAR; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 86.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1041; Emery, 1925b: 86.
    • Subspecies of hova: Bolton, 1995b: 88.
    • Status as species: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 53.

Type Material

  • Syntype workers, Madagascar (R. Beck) (MHNG) [Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022]; 1 syntype minor worker designated as lectotype, by present designation, AntWeb CASENT0101992 (MHNG) [Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022].
  • Paralectotype major worker CASENT0101777 (MHNG) [Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022].

The worker specimens that are the basis of the unavailable name Camponotus (Myrmoturba) radamae st. becki var altior Santschi, 1923: 292 from Madagascar, Monts Andringitra, point culminant de l’île (Descarpentries) are referred here, AntWeb CASENT0101100 (NHMB) [Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022].

Description

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