Camponotus festinus simaluranus

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Camponotus festinus simaluranus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. festinus
Subspecies: C. festinus simaluranus
Trinomial name
Camponotus festinus simaluranus
Forel, 1915

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Singapore.

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.

  • simaluranus. Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) inezae var. simalurana Forel, 1915a: 37 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra: Simalur I.).
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 90; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 245.
    • Subspecies of inezae: Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156.
    • Subspecies of festinus: Bolton, 1995b: 124.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, Subspecies of festinus, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschr. Entomol. 58: 22-43 (page 37, worker, queen described)