Camponotus korthalsiae

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Camponotus korthalsiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. korthalsiae
Binomial name
Camponotus korthalsiae
Emery, 1887

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Specimen Labels

This species nests in the thickened part of rattan leaves (Korthalsia spp.) (Yamane et al., 2021).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.5° to -2.183333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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

Milar et al. (2017) found in an experimental test, simulating being threatened with entrapment in sand (as might happen if falling in an ant lion pit or if subjected to a collapse of a ground nest), that this species did not exhibit rescue behaviour. This was in agreement with their hypothesis that species that do not face entrapment situations would not show such a response. Camponotus korthalsiae live an arboreal existence.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • korthalsiae. Camponotus korthalsiae Emery, 1887a: 220, pl. 3, fig. 9 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra (O. Beccari).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmomalis): Forel, 1914a: 271;
    • combination in C. (Myrmoplatys): Forel, 1916: 460.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 237; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1900d: 707; Emery, 1925b: 136; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 238; Bolton, 1995b: 107.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Mentawei, Sumatra).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
  • Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24(4): 209-258.
  • Emery, C.. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 4, no. 24 (1887): 209-258.
  • Emery, C.. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.