Camponotus fulvopilosus (lat.) - a species of ants of the genus Camponotus ( Camponotus ) from the subfamily Formicina ( Formicinae ).
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Distribution
Africa : Botswana , Lesotho , Namibia , South Africa . Arid spaces and savannahs of southern Africa [1] .
Description
Ants are medium in size (about 1 cm), the main color is brownish-black. The abdomen is covered with thick and coarse golden hairs. The width of the head of large workers is from 3.05 to 5.79 mm, the length of the head is from 3.03 to 4.85 mm. Propodeum rounded, without spines. The maxillary palps in females, workers and males consist of 6 segments, and the labial ones of 4. The eyes are located behind the midline of the head. The attachment points of the antennae are at some distance from the rear edge of the clypeus. Coxae of hind legs close together. Antennae 12-segmented in females and workers and 13-segmented in males. The tip of the abdomen opens with a tubular hole (acidopore), surrounded by a group of hairs. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one segment ( petiol ), usually with a vertical scale. Nests in the soil under rocks or under fallen trees. Females establish new colonies in an independent way, independently and without the help of workers [1] . The species was first described in 1778 by the Swedish entomologist Karl de Geer . It is included in the subgenus Myrmopiromis and the species group Camponotus fulvopilosus species group together with the species C. brevisetosus , C. detritus, and C. storeatus [1] [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Robertson, HG; Zachariades, C. Revision of the Camponotus fulvopilosus (De Geer) species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // African Entomology : Journal. - Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 1997. - Vol. 76 , no. 5 . - P. 1-18 . - ISSN 1021-3589 .
- ↑ Arnold, G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part vi. Camponotinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 675-766 (page 737, description of the female)
- ↑ De Geer, C. 1778. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Tome septième. Stockholm: Pierre Hesselberg, 950 pp. (page 613, pl. 45, figs. 13, 14 worker description)
Literature
- Radchenko A.G. The identification table of ants of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Asian part of the Palearctic (Russian) // Zoological Journal : Journal. - M .: Nauka, 1996. - T. 75 , No. 8 . - S. 1195-1203 .
- McArthur, AJ A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia (Eng.) // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. - 2007. - Vol. 80. - P. 290-351.