Camponotus foraminosus

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Camponotus foraminosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. foraminosus
Binomial name
Camponotus foraminosus
Forel, 1879

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Widely distributed and apparently common across pan-African forests, this arboreal has been observed as prey of Oecophylla longinoda (Taylor et al., 2018).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 28.383333° to -12.38333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Cape Verde (type locality), Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal.
Palaearctic Region: Oman.

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

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Camponotus foraminosus lemma radicalis (Unavailable)
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Camponotus foraminosus perrisi grandior (Unavailable)
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Camponotus foraminosus perrisi grandior (Unavailable)
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Camponotus foraminosus ruspolli rollei (Unavailable)
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Nomenclature

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

  • foraminosus. Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879a: 87 (s.) SENEGAL.
    • Forel, 1913e: 671 (q.); Forel, 1916: 444 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 196 (l.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Forel, 1912i: 91.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1886: 358; Forel, 1886f: 174; Forel, 1891b: 40 (in text); Dalla Torre, 1893: 231; Mayr, 1893: 195; Forel, 1894b: 67; Emery, 1894i: 46; Emery, 1895h: 54; Mayr, 1895: 150; Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 227; Mayr, 1907b: 21; Forel, 1910c: 272; Santschi, 1910c: 393; Stitz, 1910: 149; Forel, 1911e: 291; Forel, 1913e: 671; Forel, 1915c: 350; Santschi, 1915c: 268 (in key); Forel, 1916: 443; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 249, 978, 1050; Emery, 1925b: 131; Santschi, 1925h: 168; Santschi, 1930b: 57; Bernard, 1953b: 263; Bolton, 1995b: 100; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 205; Borowiec, L. 2014: 31 (see note in bibliography).
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus chrysogaster, cuitensis, deductus, dorsalis, flavus.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
  • Diame L., B. Taylor, R. Blatrix, J. F. Vayssieres, J. Y. Rey, I. Grechi, and K. Diarra. 2017. A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of Senegal. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 5(15): 1-16.
  • Emery C. 1886. Alcune formiche africane. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 18: 355-366.
  • Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
  • Forel A. 1910. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 29: 243-274.
  • Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
  • Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
  • Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
  • Santschi F. 1915. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 244-282.
  • Santschi F. 1925. Formicidae. Mission Rohan-Chabot. 4(3): 159-168.
  • Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004
  • Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
  • 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