Camponotus timidus

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Camponotus timidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. timidus
Binomial name
Camponotus timidus
(Jerdon, 1851)

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • timidus. Formica timida Jerdon, 1851: 122 (w.q.) INDIA (Karnataka/Kerala; “Malabar”).
    • [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 105.]
    • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica timida Foerster, 1850a: 35 (Bolton, 1995b: 127).]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
    • subgenus indeterminate: Emery, 1925b: 172;
    • combination in C. (Myrmepomis): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236.
    • Junior synonym of mitis: Forel, 1892j: 242.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 421; Roger, 1863b: 3; Dalla Torre, 1893: 254; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 172; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Tiwari, 1999: 73; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 123; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 172, Subgenus indeterminate)
  • Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 103-127 (page 122, worker, queen described)
  • Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 3, Combination in Camponotus)