Camponotus berthoudi

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Camponotus berthoudi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species group: niveosetosus
Species: C. berthoudi
Binomial name
Camponotus berthoudi
Forel, 1879

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

A member of the Camponotus niveosetosus species group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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 berthoudiWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0911758. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Camponotus berthoudiWorker. Specimen code casent0911759. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.

  • berthoudi. Camponotus berthoudi Forel, 1879a: 108, pl. 1, fig. 6 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Arnold, 1924: 700.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
    • combination in C. (Myrmopiromis): Emery, 1925b: 128.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 222; Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 991; Arnold, 1924: 700; Emery, 1925b: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 88; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arnold G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part VI. Camponotinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 675-766.
  • Rakotonirina J. C., S. Csosz, and B. L. Fisher. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238 (2): 203–245.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004