identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
AD60A932735D7C003CE6FB49FE78F8E0.text	AD60A932735D7C003CE6FB49FE78F8E0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camponotus mutilarius Emery 1893	<div><p>Camponotus mutilarius Emery 1893 (fig. 1)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l s e x a m i n e d. Nepal: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=84.40139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.32311" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 84.40139/lat 28.32311)">Baglung</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=84.40139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.32311" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 84.40139/lat 28.32311)">Kalika Bhagwati Temple</a> [28.25548N 83.61359E], hand collection, 7.03.2013, 1 ♀ worker (IP Subedi) (CDZMTU); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=84.40139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.32311" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 84.40139/lat 28.32311)">Darchula</a>, Bet, Sal forest [29.7693N 80.40364 E], 734–819 m, 8.10.2020, 2 ♀ workers (PB Budha &amp; P Shrestha) (CDZMTU); Lamjung, Ngyadi, Bombax ceiba [28.32311 N 84.40139 E], 962 m, 1.10.2020, 2 ♀ workers (PB Budha &amp; B Shrestha) (CDZMTU).</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.</p> <p>T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. This species is diagnosed by the red thorax and distinct red blotch on either side of the first gastral segment (Collingwood, 1962). Our worker specimens from Nepal well agree with the redescription of the species in Wachkoo (2015), and the colour pattern seems constant in Nepalese specimens. This species closely resembles C. wasmanni but can be diagnosed by the presence of reddish mesosoma, petiole and first gastral tergite.</p> <p>Fig. 1. Camponotus mutilarius.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD60A932735D7C003CE6FB49FE78F8E0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Subedi, I. P.;Budha, P. B.;Bharti, H.;Alonso, L.;Yamane, S.	Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. (2021): First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity 55 (4): 279-284, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.04.279, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.04.279
AD60A932735E7C033CEEFF50FE9FFCB2.text	AD60A932735E7C033CEEFF50FE9FFCB2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879	<div><p>Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (fig. 2)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l s e x a m i n e d. Nepal: Chitwan,</p> <p>Maize Research Farm, Rampur [27.65397 N 84.35666</p> <p>E], 175 m, hand collection, 09.03.2013, 1 ♀ worker</p> <p>(IP Subedi) (CDZMTU); Dang, Chhilikot hill [28.1489</p> <p>N 82.4010 E], 800 m, pitfall trap, 23.10.2019, 3 ♀</p> <p>workers (K Chaudhary) (CDZMTU).</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record), Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka.</p> <p>T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. The worker has a robust body, coarse sculpture in the head and mesosoma; the pubescence of the gaster is short, sparse and much lighter in colour than C. sericeus, so that the extremely Fig. 2. Camponotus opaciventris. dense, very fine, thimble-like punctures are visible without removing hair. Our identification is based on the worker description in Mayr (1879), key in Bharti &amp; Wachkoo (2014) and taxon discussion in Wachkoo &amp; Akbar (2016). This species is very similar in size, shape and colour of the body, and pilosity (with protruding hairs) to C. sericeus (Mayr, 1879), but is different from the latter in the condition of pubescence on the body, especially on the gaster (see ‘Taxonomic notes’ under C. sericeus).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD60A932735E7C033CEEFF50FE9FFCB2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Subedi, I. P.;Budha, P. B.;Bharti, H.;Alonso, L.;Yamane, S.	Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. (2021): First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity 55 (4): 279-284, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.04.279, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.04.279
AD60A932735E7C033CEEFC75FB20F9AC.text	AD60A932735E7C033CEEFC75FB20F9AC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius 1798)	<div><p>Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798) (fig. 3)</p> <p>Materials examined. Nepal: Sarlahi,</p> <p>Sagarnath [26.99428 N 85.67252 E], 115 m, Eucalyptus</p> <p>camaldulensis plantation, 21.10.2020, 2 ♀ workers</p> <p>(B Shrestha &amp; T Sherpa); Tanahun, Ratanpur</p> <p>[28.08777 N 84.39275 E], 859 m, Champ (Magnolia</p> <p>champaca) plantation, 29.11.2020, 1 ♀ worker</p> <p>(PB Budha &amp; P Shrestha).</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record),</p> <p>India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand,</p> <p>Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia,</p> <p>Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Algeria,</p> <p>Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Ivory coast,</p> <p>Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Chad,</p> <p>Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Zaire,</p> <p>Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Fig. 3. Camponotus sericeus.</p> <p>Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.</p> <p>T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. The worker has a robust body, coarse sculpture on the head and mesosoma; the gaster is covered by thick, apprised, golden mossy pubescence, so that cuticular sculpture is not visible without removing hair. We identified our materials as C. sericeus based on the key in Ionescu-Hirsch (2009) and taxon discussion in Wachkoo &amp; Akbar (2016). This species closely resembles C. opaciventris but can be distinguished from the latter by the gaster having a dense layer of pubescence (Wachkoo &amp; Akbar, 2016).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD60A932735E7C033CEEFC75FB20F9AC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Subedi, I. P.;Budha, P. B.;Bharti, H.;Alonso, L.;Yamane, S.	Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. (2021): First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity 55 (4): 279-284, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.04.279, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.04.279
AD60A932735E7C023CEEF960FBE7FD7C.text	AD60A932735E7C023CEEF960FBE7FD7C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camponotus lasiselene Wang & Wu 1994	<div><p>Camponotus lasiselene Wang &amp; Wu, 1994 (fig. 4)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l s e x a m i n e d. Nepal: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=85.32056&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.729445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 85.32056/lat 27.729445)">Kathmandu</a>, Ranibari Community Forest [27.729444 N 85.3205555 E], 1310 m, pitfall collection, 13– 15.10.2019, 1 ♀ worker (IP Subedi, RP Pokhrel, S Subedi &amp; A Subedi) (CDZMTU); idem, hand collection, 14.04.2021, 2 ♀ workers (IP Subedi, I Pandit &amp; A Subedi) (CDZMTU).</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record), China, Thailand, Vietnam.</p> <p>T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. Our worker specimen has an opaque black body with extremely abundant whitish short hairs, brownish red mandibles, antennae and tarsus, square-shaped head, short, broad and dorsally margined alitrunk, pronotum with acute margin, two plier-shaped propodeal spines and large, cylindrical gaster. The specimen was identified as C. lasiselene based on the species description and key in Wang &amp; Wu (1994). C. lasiselene is very close to Fig. 4. Camponotus lasiselene. C. selene in the color, shape and sculpture of the body but has abundant whitish erect hair on the body (Wang &amp; Wu, 1994).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD60A932735E7C023CEEF960FBE7FD7C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Subedi, I. P.;Budha, P. B.;Bharti, H.;Alonso, L.;Yamane, S.	Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. (2021): First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity 55 (4): 279-284, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.04.279, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.04.279
AD60A932735F7C053EF7FD30FE81FDFF.text	AD60A932735F7C053EF7FD30FE81FDFF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Camponotus selene (Emery 1889)	<div><p>Camponotus selene (Emery, 1889) (fig. 5)</p> <p>M a t e r i a l s e x a m i n e d. Nepal: Kathmandu,</p> <p>Tribhuvan University Campus, Kirtipur [27.68250 N</p> <p>85.284166 E], 1320 m, pitfall collection, 9- 11.05.2019,</p> <p>2 ♀ workers (IP Subedi &amp; S Adhikari) (CDZMTU);</p> <p>Sundarijal forest, Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park</p> <p>[27.77139N 85.42639E], 1600 m, hand collection,</p> <p>10.10.2020, 2 ♀ workers (IP Subedi) (CDZMTU).</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n. Nepal (new record),</p> <p>India, China, Myanmar.</p> <p>T a x o n o m i c n o t e s. Our worker</p> <p>specimens have an opaque black body</p> <p>with few hairs, square-shaped head, short,</p> <p>Fig. 5. Camponotus selene.</p> <p>broad and dorsally margined alitrunk,</p> <p>pronotum with acute margin, two plier-</p> <p>shaped propodeal spines and large, broad, cylindrical gaster. Our material was identified as C. selene based on the key in Wang &amp; Wu (1994). It is closely related to C. lasiselene in color, shape and sculpture but has sparsely distributed short hair.</p> <p>Key to the Nepalese species of Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) (workers)</p> <p>(The species wasmanni is included for comparison though it is not reported from Nepal.)</p> <p>1. Propodeum with two plier-shaped spines, petiole very thick and is truncated posteriorly in profile view with concave dorsal face.....................................................................................................................................2</p> <p>— Propodeum without plier-shaped spines, petiole nodiform and is knob-like in profile with uniform anteroposterior width and rounded dorsal face............................................................................................. 3</p> <p>2. Pilosity sparse.......................................................................................................................................... C. selene</p> <p>— Pilosity abundant............................................................................................................................... C. lasiselene</p> <p>3. Pronotum dentate; body very densely pilose; hind tibia without spiny bristles on ventral margin......... 4</p> <p>— Pronotum edentate; body sparsely pilose; hind tibia with spiny bristles on ventral margin.....................5</p> <p>4. Mesosoma and petiole reddish; distinct red blotch present on either side of the first gastral segment............................................................................................................................................. C. mutilarius</p> <p>— Entirely black in colour................................................................................................................. C. wasmanni</p> <p>5. Gastral pubescence thick, apressed, golden mossy........................................................................ C. sericeus</p> <p>— Gastral pubescence short, sparse and much lighter in colour............................................... C. opaciventris</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The ant subgenus Orthonotomyrmex along with its five species, namely Camponotus mutilarius, C. opaciventris, C. sericeus, C. lasiselene and C. selene are recorded for the first time from Nepal. With the addition of these five species, the number of Camponotus species known from Nepal raises to 13. However, many more species are expected to be recorded with the accomplishment of future field surveys in the country.</p> <p>Authors acknowledge the Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation (835/075-76eco75, 713/076-77eco65) and Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park office (311/075-76, 247/2076-77) for providing ant collection permission inside the national park. We are thankful to A. Subedi, I Pandit, T Sherpa, RP Pokhrel, K Chaudhary, S Subedi, P Shrestha, and B Shrestha for assisting in collection of ants during our surveys in different sites.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD60A932735F7C053EF7FD30FE81FDFF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Subedi, I. P.;Budha, P. B.;Bharti, H.;Alonso, L.;Yamane, S.	Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. (2021): First Record Of The Ant Subgenus Orthonotomyrmex Of The Genus Camponotus From Nepal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoodiversity 55 (4): 279-284, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.04.279, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.04.279
