Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax

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Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. variegatus
Subspecies: C. variegatus fuscithorax
Trinomial name
Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax
Dalla Torre, 1893

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Laos, Sri Lanka.

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.

  • fuscithorax. Camponotus mitis var. fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893: 243.
    • [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. mitis var. fuscithorax Forel, 1886f: 154 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • [Misspelled as fueithorax by Santschi, 1920h: 173, Santschi, 1924c: 114.]
    • Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156 (s.q.m.).
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 96.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1893f: 252; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1901f: 121; Forel, 1909e: 397; Forel, 1911i: 228; Forel, 1913k: 125; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 156; Emery, 1920c: 7; Santschi, 1920h: 173; Santschi, 1924c: 114.
    • Subspecies of mitis: Bingham, 1903: 356.
    • Subspecies of variegatus: Emery, 1925b: 96; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 101; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 26; Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 28.
    • [Note: Bingham, in Rothney, 1903: 99, states that, “Var. fuscithorax grades into genuine mitis when you get a big enough series.”]

Description

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 243, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 96, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and variety of variegatus)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 156, soldier, queen, male described)