Camponotus selene

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Camponotus selene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. selene
Binomial name
Camponotus selene
(Emery, 1889)

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.5667° to 25.5667°.

 
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).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

  • selene. Polyrhachis selene Emery, 1889b: 518, pl. 11, figs. 18, 19 (w.) MYANMAR.
    • Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1896d: 376;
    • combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1912i: 92;
    • combination in C. (Myrmacantha): Emery, 1920b: 258;
    • combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Santschi, 1921f: 310.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1893c: 28; Dalla Torre, 1893: 269; Forel, 1895e: 456; Emery, 1895k: 480; Emery, 1896d 376 (in list); Forel, 1902d: 286; Forel, 1903a: 711; Bingham, 1903: 408; Emery, 1925b: 125; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 242, 306 (combinations in Camponotus, Polyrhachis, respectively); Wang, C., Xiao & Wu, 1989a: 222 (in key); Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1316; Wang, C. & Wu, 1994: 28 (in key); Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 171; Bolton, 1995b: 123; Dorow, 1995: 65; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 355; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 111; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 29; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus obtusatus.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.
  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Cheng D., Z. Chen, and S. Zhou. 2015. An analysis on the ant fauna of Jinzhongshan Nature Reserve in Gunagxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 33(3): 129.137.
  • Emery C. 1889. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 27: 485-520.
  • Forel A. 1893. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part III. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 17-36.
  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
  • Mathew R., and R. N. Tiwari. 2000. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 251-409 in: Director; Zoological Survey of India (ed.) 2000. Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.