Camponotus inconspicuus

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Camponotus inconspicuus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. inconspicuus
Binomial name
Camponotus inconspicuus
Mayr, 1872

Camponotus inconspicuus casent0903568 p 1 high.jpg

Camponotus inconspicuus casent0903568 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • inconspicuus. Camponotus inconspicuus Mayr, 1872: 136 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak), INDONESIA (Java).
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 93.
    • Junior synonym of irritans: Mayr, 1879: 646; Emery, 1887a: 217; Forel, 1892j: 242; Dalla Torre, 1893: 236; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 246.
    • Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 104; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 37.

Description

References

  • Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 444, Revived from synonymy)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943b. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October, 1938. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 196-208 (page 204, Revived from synonymy)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 93, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Mayr, G. 1872. Formicidae Borneenses collectae a J. Doria et O. Beccari in territorio Sarawak annis 1865-1867. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 2: 133-155 (page 136, worker described)
  • Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 646, Junior synonym of irritans)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fontanela J.L. 1999. Mirmecofauna del Jardin Botanico Nacional. Cocuyo 8: 8-10
  • Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58