Camponotus nasicus

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Camponotus nasicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. nasicus
Binomial name
Camponotus nasicus
Forel, 1891

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0101360. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Camponotus nasicus casent0101430 head 1.jpgCamponotus nasicus casent0101430 profile 1.jpgCamponotus nasicus casent0101430 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus nasicus casent0101430 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0101430. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.
Camponotus nasicus casent0101431 head 1.jpgCamponotus nasicus casent0101431 profile 1.jpgCamponotus nasicus casent0101431 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus nasicus casent0101431 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0101431. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • nasicus. Camponotus nasica Forel, 1891b: 67 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Madagascar: Fianarantsoa, Pays des Betsileo (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 104.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 244; Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1054; Emery, 1925b: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 113.
    • Distribution: Madagascar.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 104, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. (page 67, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 1998. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud and on the western Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)90: 39-67.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055