Camponotus cosmicus

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Camponotus cosmicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. cosmicus
Binomial name
Camponotus cosmicus
(Smith, F., 1858)

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Specimen label

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.49027778° to -26.16886°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Gambia, Mozambique, South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe.

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.

  • cosmicus. Formica cosmica Smith, F. 1858b: 34 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2;
    • combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Emery, 1925b: 106.
    • Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Emery, 1895h: 49 (in key); Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Mayr, 1907b: 20; Stitz, 1916: 401; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 968; Arnold, 1924: 693; Emery, 1925b: 106.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 413; Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1886c: 355; Dalla Torre, 1893: 227; Santschi, 1935a: 280; Bolton, 1995b: 94.

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.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
  • Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
  • 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