Camponotus cinctellus
Shiny sugar ant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. cinctellus |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstaecker, 1859)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Camponotus cinctellus, commonly known as the shiny sugar ant, is a species of sugar ant[2] with an extensive range in the eastern Afrotropics.
Description
The somewhat shimmering, golden-hued pubescence of the gaster is characteristic of all the worker castes.[3] On the gaster, erect bristles are limited to the posterior segments. The reddish leg colour distinguishes it from the similar but smaller C. sericeus.
Range
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Feeding on nectar
It is native to eastern Africa from Eritrea to Kenya, Rwanda, the DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa, as far south as coastal Transkei.[4]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[5]
- C. c. cinctellus – type locality in Mozambique
- C. c. belliceps Santschi, 1939 – type locality in the DRC
References
- ↑ (2001) , website, Hymenoptera Name Server
- ↑ ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Orrell T. (custodian), 2011-04-26
- ↑ Slingsby, Peter. "FORMICINAE: the Sugar or Pugnacious ants". Ant Catalogue: Southern Africa. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "Camponotus cinctellus". Antweb. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
External links
Media related to Camponotus cinctellus at Wikimedia Commons
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