Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5192389 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039DB655-1611-FFF0-B48C-E74F6BBDCF3B |
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Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862 |
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Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862 View in CoL
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Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862: 664 View in CoL (w.) Ghana. Afrotropical.
Diagnosis
The soldier of this species is readily distinguished from other species of the genus by the densely shagreened brown body; posterior corners of head each with four stout hairs, clypeus with several pairs of long pale hairs, pronotum with four pairs, mesonotum, propodeum and petiole each with a single pair of hairs, gaster with abundant, long, yellow hairs.
Material examined
Yemen, Socotra Island, Lehanoh , 22 April 2014, 931 m, (M. R. Sharaf leg.), 12.57583°N, 54.04836°E (18 w, KSMA, 1 w, CASC) GoogleMaps .
Geographic range
This species was described from Ghana and with a broad distribution in the Savannahs and forests of the Afrotropical region ( Collingwood 1985). It was recorded from Socotra by Collingwood et al. (2004) with no records known from the Arabian Peninsula. In Socotra, this species has a limited distribution and is confined to a few sites at higher elevations.
Ecological and biological notes
This species appears to be uncommon, only collected from one locality during the present study. Workers were found foraging on twigs of Croton socotranus Balf . f. ( Euphorbiaceae ). It seems likely that the species may be confined to higher elevation sites above 900 m. It was recorded from Dixam Plateau 1000–1200 m ( Collingwood et al. 2004).
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Fisher, Brian L., Collingwood, Cedric A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2017 |
Camponotus acvapimensis
Mayr G 1862: 664 |