Camponotus variegatus batta

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Camponotus variegatus batta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. variegatus
Subspecies: C. variegatus batta
Trinomial name
Camponotus variegatus batta
Menozzi, 1930

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

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.

  • batta. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) variegatus subsp. batta Menozzi, 1930a: 3, fig. 2 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Tangga, 2-4.viii.1928 (J.C. van der Meer Mohr).
    • Type-depository: IEUB.
    • Subspecies of variegatus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 252; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Menozzi 1930. Page 3.
Menozzi 1930. Page 4.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
  • Menozzi, C. 1930a. Formiche di Sumatra raccolte dal Prof. J. C. van der Meer Mohr. Misc. Zool. Sumatr. 47: 1-5 (page 3, fig. 2 soldier, worker described)