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Camponotus chloroticus

Carpenter Ant

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Image:	Workers - major (R) & minor (L) (Pukapuka)	90KB
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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Carpenter Ant

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Leo Katimala^ (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE PNG?; EXOTIC EXOTIC Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia (to Tonga, Samoa, Cooks)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent or Polynesian, Naturalised; S.Group - RR (c.1999); N.Group - PK (pre-1924); Land, forest (coastal - upland), mangroves

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest, bites when disturbed

SIMILAR SPECIES: Possibly includes Camponotus navigator of inland Samoa; and very closely related to Camponotus maculatus of Africa to se.Asia

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			+++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Camponotus chloroticus Emery, 1897
SYNONYMS: Myrmoturba chloroticus; Camponotus novaehollandiae; Camponotus maculatus chlorotica [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; FORMICIDAE, Formicinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens+photo, Avatiu building, Sept/1999, Kevin Henderson, tentative ID by GMcC as Camponotus chloroticusQQ; specimens+photo, 3/2002, John Whitta. Pukapuka: specimens, Motu Kotawa, Bryan 1924, to BPBM; specimens+photo, 3/2004, Motu Uta on Wale from damaged tree trucks, G.McCormack with tentative ID as Camponotus chloroticus, 4/2005, [being checked by Neil Reimer (Hawaii DoA)].

References:
Special Reference: W&T67,

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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