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Camponotus cinctellus

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Shiny sugar ant
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Myrmosericus
Species:
C. cinctellus
Binomial name
Camponotus cinctellus
Synonyms
  • C. venustus Mayr, 1867

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

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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

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Two subspecies are recognized:[5]

  • C. c. cinctellus – type locality in Mozambique
  • C. c. belliceps Santschi, 1939 – type locality in the DRC

References

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  1. ^ (2001), website, Hymenoptera Name Server
  2. ^ ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Orrell T. (custodian), 2011-04-26
  3. ^ Slingsby, Peter. "FORMICINAE: the Sugar or Pugnacious ants". Ant Catalogue: Southern Africa. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Camponotus cinctellus". Antweb. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. ^ 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.
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