Camponotus cinctellus, commonly known as the shiny sugar ant, is a species of sugar ant[2] with an extensive range in the eastern Afrotropics.
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstaecker, 1859)[1]
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Description
editThe 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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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
editTwo subspecies are recognized:[5]
- C. c. cinctellus – type locality in Mozambique
- C. c. belliceps Santschi, 1939 – type locality in the DRC
References
edit- ^ (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
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Media related to Camponotus cinctellus at Wikimedia Commons
