Camponotus consectator

Camponotus consectator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. consectator
Binomial name
	Camponotus consectator; (Smith, F., 1858) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
	Camponotus discors angustinodus Emery, 1925;

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Australian Camponotus species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

consectator. Formica consectator Smith, F. 1858b: 38 (q.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Bolton, 1995b: 94.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 413; Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1886c: 355; Dalla Torre, 1893: 226; Emery, 1896d: 374 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 171; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 112; Taylor, 1987a: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 94.
angustinodus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors var. angustinoda Emery, 1925b: 102.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. discors var. angustinota Forel, 1907h: 300 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Taylor, 1986: 34).]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1915b: 99; Emery, 1920c: 8.
- Subspecies of discors: Bolton, 1995b: 85.
- Junior synonym of consectator: Heterick, 2021: 17.

Type Material

Formica consectator: Syntype, queen(s), Australia, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
Camponotus discors angustinoda: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Denham, Day Dawn, Kalgoorlie, Wooroloo and Mundaring Wier, Western Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Taxonomic Notes

Heterick (2021): McArthur (2007, 2010 and 2014) and other publications, including Heterick (2009), incorrectly refer to this species as ‘C. cowlei’. In fact, ‘Camponotus cowlei’ is a junior synonym of Melophorus bagoti. Camponotus consectator was described from a dealated queen, whose Automontage photograph features on AntWeb. The holotype has been disarticulated, but the head is intact, and enough of the mesosoma, gaster and legs can be viewed for it to be compared with an alate Camponotus queen held in WAM. The two specimens are in all respects identical, the lower genae possess erect setae and the mandible in each case has a vertical lighter stripe on the masticatory margin, the combination of these two features being sufficient to distinguish both ants from the queen of the otherwise similar Camponotus gibbinotus. The WAM queen is also associated with workers. These workers agree with C. discors angustinodus, which becomes a junior synonym of C. consectator in this work.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Female. Length 5 limes (10.5 mm) Black, smooth and shining. Head oblong, not wider than the thorax; the anterior margin of the clypeus entire; the mandibles strongly punctured,and ferruginous at their apex; the antennae and legs pale rofo-testaceous. Thorax ovate. Abdomen ovate;the node of the peduncle sub ovate, its superior margin entire.

Hab. Australia.

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 94, catalogue)
Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 4, combination in Camponotus)
Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 38, queen described)