Camponotus tsimelahy

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Camponotus tsimelahy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Mayria
Species group: repens
Species: C. tsimelahy
Binomial name
Camponotus tsimelahy
Rasoamanana & Fisher, 2022

This species seems to prefer deciduous forest habitats such as tropical dry forest, gallery forest, spiny forest or thicket, and transitional forest, but is much rarer in humid habitats at lower altitudes.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -23.1° to -24.8°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate
  • Source: Rasoamanana & Fisher, 2022

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • tsimelahy. Camponotus tsimelahy Rasoamanana & Fisher, 2022: 222, figs. 43B, 45B, 46A, 69 (w.) MADAGASCAR.

Description

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