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Camponotus thraso agricola
| Camponotus thraso agricola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. thraso |
| Subspecies: | C. thraso agricola |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus thraso agricola Forel, 1910
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).
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. |
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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.
- agricola. Camponotus maculatus subsp. agricola Forel, 1910e: 454 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Mts of Natal (R.C. Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 92.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Santschi, 1919b: 240; Arnold, 1922: 647; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 952; Arnold, 1926: 293.
- Subspecies of thraso: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
- Distribution: South Africa.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 579-674 (page 647, race of maculatus)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 84, catalogue)
- 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))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 92, subspecies of thraso)
- Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 454, soldier, worker described)