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Camponotus longideclivis
| Camponotus longideclivis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. longideclivis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus longideclivis McArthur, 1996 | |
The type material was found "under a rock at eastern corner of Granite outcrop."
Identification
A member of the Camponotus nigriceps species group. McArthur and Adams (1996) - Distinguished from Camponotus consobrinus by the ratio PD: D of major workers where the mesosoma of C. longideclivis is distinctly higher than C. consobrinus.
Keys including this Species
- Key to Australian Camponotus majors of the southwestern Botanical Province
- Key to Australian Camponotus minors of the southwestern Botanical Province
- Key to Australian Camponotus species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- longideclivis. Camponotus longideclivis McArthur, in McArthur & Adams, 1996: 31, fig. 23 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Status as species: McArthur, 2007a: 306; Heterick, 2009: 62; McArthur, 2014: 88.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Colour: head and scapes dark brown, funiculus, mesosoma and node lighter red brown, posterior gaster black, anterior gaster red brown; coxa and femurs and tibia lighter than mesosoma, more yellowish, tarsi darker, more brownish. PD: D in largest major workers about 1·2 (Fig. 11b), ratio greater in minor workers (Fig. 23a). Pilosity: absent on gula, 15-20 to 0.5 mm long on pronotum, less on mesonotum and 4-8 on propodeum, plentiful on gaster pointing backwards, short setae on scaprs raised to 20°, short setae on midtibiae raised to 30°. Pubescence: on dorsum of mcsosoma and head adprcssed setae < 0.1 mm long, spaced >> length. Integument finely reticulate, glossy. Node summit viewed from rear: flatly convex. Metanotum feeble or obsolete in major workers, obsolete in minor workers.
HW = 1.70-3.70 mm; TL = 2.38-3.08 mm; n = 23. TL = 2.03 + 1.78 Jog HW (n = 23, r = 0.94, s.e.(y), = 0.10, s.e.(x), = 0.05). PD: D = 1-2 in major workers increasing to 2-5 in minor workers. HW:HL= < 1.0.
Type Material
Holotype. One major worker (pinned) South Australian Museum plus paratypes in alcohol, SAMA, Australian National Insect Collection, Western Australian Museum. Collected by A. J. and W. M. McArthur. July 1993, from under a rock at eastern corner of Granite outcrop, Peak Charles, north of Esperance, Western Australia.
- Holotype, major worker, Peak Charles, north of Esperance, Western Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.
Etymology
The specific name is derived from lange (Latin: length) and declive (Latin: a slope or declivity) because the declining face of the propodeum is distinctly longer than that of its near relative, Camponotus consobrinus.
References
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- McArthur, A. J. and M. Adams. 1996. A morphological and molecular revision of the Camponotus nigriceps group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 10:1-46. (page 31, fig. 23 soldier, worker described)
- McArthur, A.J. & Adams, M. 1996. A morphological and molecular revision of the Camponotus nigriceps group from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1-46.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- McArthur A. J., and M. Adams. 1996. A morphological and molecular revision of the Camponotus nigriceps group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Invertebr. Taxon. 10: 1-46.