Camponotus mutilarius

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Camponotus mutilarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. mutilarius
Binomial name
Camponotus mutilarius
Emery, 1893

Photo Gallery

  • Camponotus mutilarius worker, Dehradun, India. Photo by Abdus Shakur.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.7496° to 19.065925°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India, Myanmar (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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • mutilarius. Camponotus wasmanni var. mutilarius Emery, 1893e: 224 (w.q.) MYANMAR.
    • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): Carin Chebu (L. Fea).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Misspelled as mutilloides by Bingham, 1903: 376; misspelled as mutillarius by Emery, 1895k: 479, Emery, 1925b: 126, and others.]
    • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 126.
    • Subspecies of wasmanni: Forel, 1895e: 453; Emery, 1895k: 479; Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 376; Emery, 1925b: 126; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 112 (error); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26 (error).
    • Status as species: Collingwood, 1962: 229; Khachonpisitsak, et al. 2020: 43.
    • Distribution: India, Myanmar, Thailand.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Collingwood C. A. 1962. Some ants (Hym. Formicidae) from north-east Asia. Entomologisk Tidskrift 83: 215-230.
  • Forel A. 1895. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 453-472.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection