Camponotus thraso negus

Camponotus thraso negus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. thraso
Subspecies:	C. thraso negus
Trinomial name
Camponotus thraso negus Forel, 1907 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.166666667° to -33.96667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (type locality), Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

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

Nomenclature

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

• negus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. negus Forel, 1907c: 142 (s.w.q.m.) ETHIOPIA, KENYA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Ethiopia (“S Ethiopia”): Kounhi, 1905 (M. de Rothschild) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 957; no lectotype designated), workers Ethiopia: Abou, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Mt Zyoual, nr river Colba, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Uomber, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), male Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Mt Karoli, Rendilé, 1905 (M. de Rothschild).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1915c: 348;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 92.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1910c: 266; Forel, 1910e: 453; Forel, 1911e: 290; Karavaiev, 1911: 11; Forel, 1915c: 348; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 957.
  • Subspecies of thraso: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 92; Finzi, 1939a: 160; Bolton, 1995b: 113; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 205.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya.

References

• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Subspecies of thraso)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 92, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26: 129-144 (page 142, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
• Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 335-364 (page 348, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))