Camponotus perrisii

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Camponotus perrisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. perrisii
Binomial name
Camponotus perrisii
Forel, 1886

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.25054° to -12.46161°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Kenya.

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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Syntype of Camponotus perrisiiWorker. Specimen code casent0910472. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Type of unpublished name: Camponotus perrisii gerardWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0911848. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Type of unpublished name: Camponotus perrisii gerardWorker. Specimen code casent0911849. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • perrisii. Camponotus foraminosus r. perrisii Forel, 1886f: 177 (s.w.q.) ANGOLA, KENYA.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: major and minor workers Angola: Malangé (M. Buchner) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 983; no lectotype designated), minor workers Kenya: Kitui (J.M. Hildebrandt).
    • Type-depositories: MHNG, MNHU.
    • [Misspelled as perrini by Santschi, 1910c: 393.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Forel, 1913b: 342.
    • Subspecies of foraminosus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 231 (footnote); Santschi, 1910c: 393; Forel, 1913b: 342.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 247; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Santschi, 1911g: 216; Forel, 1914a: 270; Santschi, 1915c: 272 (in key); Stitz, 1916: 399; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 251, 983; Emery, 1925b: 131; Santschi, 1925h: 168; Santschi, 1930b: 58; Karavaiev, 1931d: 51; Santschi, 1937d: 243; Bolton, 1995b: 117; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 205.
    • Distribution: Angola, Congo, Kenya.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus densipunctatus, insularis, jucundus, nigeriensis.

Description

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 247, Status as species)
  • Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 30: 131-215 (page 177, soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 342, Combination in C. (Myrmotrema))
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, Status as species)
  • Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 393, Subspecies of foraminosus)
  • Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 1: 204-217 (page 216, Status as species)
  • Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 277, Status as species)
  • Stitz, H. 1916. Formiciden. Ergeb. Zweiten Dtsch. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 1: 369-405 (page 399, Status as species)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 983, Status as species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
  • Karavaiev V. 1931. Ameisen aus Englisch-Ostafrika. Zool. Anz. 95: 42-51.
  • Medler J. T. 1980: Insects of Nigeria - Check list and bibliography. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 30: i-vii, 1-919.
  • Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
  • Santschi F. 1915. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 244-282.
  • Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.