Camponotus foleyi rufescens

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Camponotus foleyi rufescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. foleyi
Subspecies: C. foleyi rufescens
Trinomial name
Camponotus foleyi rufescens
Bernard, 1953

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

  • rufescens. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) foleyi subsp. rufescens Bernard, 1953a: 190 (in key).
    • [First available use of Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) compressus subsp. foleyi var. rufescens Bernard, 1948: 160 (s.) LIBYA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Dendromyrmex fabricii rufescens Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 13.]
    • Subspecies of foleyi: Bolton, 1995b: 121.

Description

References

  • Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 190, (in key) soldier described [First available use of Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) compressus subsp. foleyi var. rufescens Bernard, 1948: 160; unavailable name.] Unresolved junior secondary homonym of rufescens Wheeler.)