Camponotus tauricollis

Camponotus tauricollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. tauricollis
Binomial name
Camponotus tauricollis Forel, 1894 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.51667° to -24.66667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Mozambique (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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus tauricollis. Worker. Specimen code casent0910495. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• tauricollis. Camponotus foraminosus r. tauricollis Forel, 1894b: 68 (s.w.) MOZAMBIQUE.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmotrema): Santschi, 1915c: 273.
  • Subspecies of foraminosus: Emery, 1896d: 376 (in list).
  • Subspecies of olivieri: Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 983; Arnold, 1924: 735; Emery, 1925b: 132.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1926c: 616; Bolton, 1995b: 126.

References

• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100. (page 68, soldier, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 273, Combination in C. (Myrmotrema), and subspecies of olivieri)
• Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 616, Raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004