Camponotus donnellani

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Camponotus donnellani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. donnellani
Binomial name
Camponotus donnellani
Shattuck & McArthur, 2002

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Specimen labels

Camponotus donnellani has been encountered a limited number of times in Western Australia, north-western South Australia and south-western Northern Territory. It has been collected from a sand hill in association with Triodia spp. in the Great Victorian Desert of southern Northern Territory. Little else is known of its biology.

Identification

Propodeum with at most 4 elongate erect hairs near the angle between the dorsal and posterior faces. Pronotum and mesonotum flatly convex, metanotal grove indistinct, anterior region of propodeal dorsum feebly concave, straight posterior. Petiolar node broadly rounded above, its anterior face at most only slightly shorter than the posterior face. Tibiae and scapes lacking erect setae. Anterior clypeal margin feebly projecting, broadly convex across its whole width.

Camponotus donnellani is similar to Camponotus arenatus in overall colour pattern but differs in the smaller size of the minors and the flatter mesosomal dorsum with a less distinct metanotal groove. It may also be confused with smaller, paler workers of Camponotus ceriseipes, but differs in having fewer erect hairs on the propodeal dorsum.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.7011° to -29.5°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

  • donnellani. Camponotus donnellani Shattuck & McArthur, 2002: 72, figs. 17-19 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory, South Australia).
    • Status as species: McArthur, 2007a: 313; McArthur, 2010: 54; McArthur, 2014: 102.

Type Material

Description

Minor worker

Pronotum and mesonotum gently convex, metanotal grove indistinct; anterior region of propodeum feebly concave then straight, lacking an angle between the dorsal and posterior faces, ratio dorsum to declivity about 3. Anterior face of petiolar node about as long as dorsal face and separated from it by a moderate convexity; dorsal face weakly convex and separated from the posterior face by a broad, rounded angle; posterior face flat. Elongate erect hairs scattered on all surfaces of head (including underside), mesosoma, node and gaster, absent from scapes and tibiae. Anterior clypeal margin convex broadly angular. Head, mesosoma and petiole red with upper surfaces of head, pronotum and sometimes mesonotum infuscated with dark red-black, legs redblack basally, red distally; gaster dark red-black.

Measurements

Holotype. CI 0.89; HL 1.58mm; VW 1.40mm; ML 2.58mm; MTL 1.78mm; SI 1.32; SL 1.85mm.

Etymology

Named after Dr Steve Donnellan of the South Australian Museum, the collector of this species.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Majer J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene, and C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13-112.
  • Shattuck S. O., A . J. McArthur. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus wiederkehri and perjurus species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 126: 63-90.