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Camponotus niavo
| Camponotus niavo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmosaga |
| Species: | C. niavo |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus niavo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022 | |
Camponotus niavo is geographically restricted to the transitional humid forest of Ampasindava Peninsula, the rainforests of the Galoko chain and RS Manongarivo, and the montane rainforest of the PN Montagne d’Ambre (Fig. 68D). Colony nests are established in rotten logs and rotting tree stumps, while foraging is carried out on the forest floor and through leaf litter.
Identification
With head in full-face view, lateral cephalic margin converging posteriorly towards eye level, covered with erect hairs anterior and posterior to eye level; anteromedian margin of clypeus broadly convex; two apical teeth of mandible normally spaced.
See discussion under Camponotus cervicalis for further details.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar (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.
- niavo. Camponotus niavo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 138, figs. 10A, 68 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
Type Material
- Holotype worker. MADAGASCAR: Province Antsiranana: PN Montagne d’Ambre, Antomboka, -12.50035, 49.175, 885 m, montane rainforest, ex rotten log, 16 Nov 2007 (B.L. Fisher et al.) collection code: BLF18356 specimen code: CASENT0134004 (CAS).
- Paratype. 1 major worker of same data as holotype but with specimen code: CASENT0134003 (CAS).