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Camponotus javaensis
| Camponotus javaensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Forelophilus |
| Species: | C. javaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus javaensis Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016
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| Synonyms | |
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Phillipine specimens were collected from trees in a mangrove forest.
Identification
Zettel and Zimmerman (2007) - Minor: Scape and tibiae brown. Clypeus brown, medially with small, elongate tubercle. Vertex with long setae medially. Pronotum with few moderately long setae. Tibiae with erect setae. Petiolar node broadly rounded in lateral view.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.734194444° to 9.734194444°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia (type locality), Malaysia, Philippines.
Oriental Region: Cambodia.
Distribution based on AntMaps
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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| Worker (minor). . | Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology. |
   
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| Worker (major). . | Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- overbecki. Forelophilus overbecki Kutter, 1931b: 193, figs. (w.q.) INDONESIA (Java).
- Type-material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007: 26), 1 paralectotype minor worker, 1 paralectotype queen.
- [Note: Kutter, 1931b: 194, cites 3w, 1q syntypes NHML, SMTD.]
- Type-locality: lectotype Indonesia: M. Java, Sarangan, Lawoegeb., 1500-2000 m., 1927/5, 8/24 (H. Overbeck); paralectotypes: minor worker with same data but 8/25, queen with same data but 8/05.
- Type-depositories: SMTD (lectotype); NHML, SMTD (paralectotypes).
- Combination in Camponotus: Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus dolichoderoides subsp. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916a: 162.]
- Status as species: Kutter, 1932: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007: 26; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 39.
- Replacement name: Camponotus javaensis Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
- javaensis. Camponotus javaensis Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
- Replacement name for Forelophilus overbecki Kutter, 1931b: 193. [Junior secondary homonym of Camponotus dolichoderoides subsp. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916a: 162.]
- Distribution: Indonesia (Java).
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Zettel and Zimmerman (2007) - Lectotype (minor): TL = 3.6 mm; HW = 0.91 mm; HL = 0.91 mm; CI = 100; EL = 0.25 mm; OMD = 0.36 mm; SL = 0.92 mm; SI = 101; PW = 0.61 mm; HFL = 0.92 mm; HFI = 101. Paralectotype (minor worker; n = 1): TL = 3.6 mm; HW = 0.85 mm; HL = 0.88 mm; CI = 97; EL = 0.25 mm; OMD = 0.37 mm; SL = 0.87 mm; SI = 102; PW = 0.61 mm; HFL = 0.89 mm; HFI = 105.
Colour of minor: Blackish brown. Mandibles yellowish. Flagellum orange (first segment infuscated). Legs middle brown, tibiae slightly darker than femora, tarsi black. Whitish margins on tergites narrow, indistinct. Colour of gyne: Similar to worker. Clypeus and mandibles reddish. Hind margin of pronotum yellowish translucent. Tegulae and basal wing sclerites whitish yellow. Legs brown to reddish, only extreme base of tarsi black. Hind margins of tergites broadly whitish translucent.
Structural characteristics of minor worker: Generally more shiny than both Philippine species. Vertex almost smooth, with strongly reduced microsculpture. Clypeus with distinctly convex middle lobe, its apex inconspicuously surpassing level of sides. Sides of mesosoma, pro- and mesonotum matt. Metathoracic spiracular tubercles distinctly surpassing dorsal face of propodeum. Dorsal face of propodeum with strongly reduced reticulation, shiny, in lectotype with almost smooth medial groove (absent in paralectotype); posterior face with reduced reticulation, almost smooth dorsally. Tarsi moderately widened, similar to those of Camponotus stefanschoedli. Dorsum of petiolar node smooth and shiny. Gaster almost smooth, with strongly reduced reticulation.
Queen
Zettel and Zimmerman (2007) - Paralectotype (gyne; n = 1): TL = 6.9 mm; HW = 1.38 mm; HL = 1.38 mm; CI = 100; EL = 0.44 mm; OMD = 0.51 mm; SL = 1.04 mm; SI = 75; PW = 1.17 mm; HFL = 1.24 mm; HFI = 90.
Structural characteristics of gyne: Similar to structural characteristics of worker. Dorsal surface almost completely matt (except narrow midline of mesosoma anteriorly) by dense, fine punctures or shagreen. Head sub-truncate, vertex straight in frontal view. Eye relatively large, distinctly surpassing outline of head. Three ocelli small. Clypeus with medial lobe distinctly surpassing sides, anteriorly shallowly notched, slightly impressed along midline in distal third, without ridge or tubercle. Mandible with a very small sixth tooth at base of masticatory margin. Pronotum with three setae on both sides of hind margin. In lateral view, outline of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum almost straight. Mesoscutum longer than wide (1.15 times). Mesoscutellum shorter than wide (0.9 times). Metanotal furrow deep. Propodeum with simple, convex outline in lateral view, with some setae on declivitous part. Tibiae without erect setae. Node of petiole, if seen from front or rear, distinctly widened towards dorsal margin. Gaster matt, but slightly shiny on white hind margins which occupy about one fifth of tergites 1 - 3 (narrower on tergite 4).
Type Material
Zettel and Zimmerman (2007) - Examined: Lectotype (minor worker) by present designation, with following label data: “1927/5”, “8/24”, “Typus/Overbecki”, “M.-Java, Sarangan,\Lawoe-Geb. 1500-2000m\H.Overbeck”, “Forelophilus overbecki”, “GBIF-D/FoCol\0486\specimen+label\data documeted”, “Lectotypus\Forelophilus\overbecki Kutter, 1931\des. Zettel & Zimmermann 2007” (Museum für Tierkunde). Paralectotype (dealate gyne) with label data: “1927/5”,“8/05”,“Typus/ Overbecki ♀ ”, “M.-Java, Sarangan,\Lawoe-Geb. 1500-2000m\ H.Overbeck”, “Forelophilus overbecki”, “GBIF-D/FoCol\0487\specimen+label\data documeted”, Paralectotypus\Forelophilus\overbecki Kutter, 1931\Zettel & Zimmermann 2007” (MTKD). Paralectotype (minor worker) with label data: “M.-Java, Sarangan,\Lawoe-Geb. 1500-2000m\H.Overbeck”, “1927/5”, “8/25”, Typus”, “Forelophilus\overbecki”, Paralectotypus\Forelophilus\overbecki Kutter, 1931\Zettel & Zimmermann 2007” (Musée de Zoologie, Lausanne).
References
- Kutter, H. 1931b. Verzeichnis der entomologischen Arbeiten von Prof. Dr. August Forel. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 15: 180-193 (page 193, figs. worker, queen described)
- Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).
- Zettel, H. & Zimmermann, D. 2007. On the ants of the Philippine Islands. II. The genus Forelophilus Kutter, 1931. Asian Myrmecology 1: 19-30.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kutter H. 1931. Forelophilus, eine neue Ameisengattung. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 15: 193-195.
- Kutter H. 1932. Ameisen aus dem Museum zu Dresden. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 15: 207-210.
- 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
- Zettel H., and D. Zimmermann. 2007. On the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Philippine islands: II. The genus Forelophilus Kutter, 1931.Asian Myrmecology 1: 19-30.