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India, Philippines, China
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Taxonomic History

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Extant: 5 valid subspecies

Formica compressa Fabricius, 1787 PDF: 307 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu). Indomalaya. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Smith, 1858a PDF: 14 (q.m.); Kumbkarni, 1965 PDF: 305 (k.).Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b PDF: 2.Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 98.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Santschi, 1929g PDF: 165.Subspecies of Camponotus rubripes: Forel, 1886h PDF: 143, 150; Emery, 1889: 510.Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1892k PDF: 240; Emery, 1893m PDF: 226, 241 (footnote); Emery, 1895m: 477; Emery, 1896j PDF: 371 (in list); Emery, 1901h PDF: 121; Ruzsky, 1905b: 206; Forel, 1907d PDF: 31; Forel, 1909k PDF: 396; Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 108; Teranishi, 1940: 68.Status as species: Gmelin, 1790 PDF: 2797; Olivier, 1792: 491; Fabricius, 1793 PDF: 350; Latreille, 1802a PDF: 111; Fabricius, 1804 PDF: 396; Latreille, 1809 PDF: 126; Lamarck, 1817 PDF: 95; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 214; Smith, 1857a PDF: 53; Smith, 1858a PDF: 13; Smith, 1861a PDF: 32; Roger, 1863b PDF: 2; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 398; Smith, 1865a PDF: 68; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 33; Smith, 1871a PDF: 303; Smith, 1873: viii; Forel, 1879a PDF: 89; André, 1882b PDF: 144 (in key); Rothney, 1889 PDF: 348; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 225; Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903 PDF: 351; Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 6, 10 (in key); Stitz, 1925c PDF: 124; Emery, 1925d PDF: 98; Arnold, 1926 PDF: 294; Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 114; Santschi, 1929g PDF: 165; Mukerjee, 1930 PDF: 158; Mukerjee, 1934 PDF: 9; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 189; Santschi, 1936c PDF: 207; Santschi, 1939d PDF: 78; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 163; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 458; Donisthorpe, 1943b PDF: 203; Bernard, 1950c PDF: 292; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 244; Baltazar, 1966 PDF: 273; Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 414; Collingwood, 1970b: 381; Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 93; Tang et al., 1995: 115; Radchenko, 1996e: 1201 (in key); Collingwood et al., 1997 PDF: 510; Radchenko, 1997d: 807; Tiwari, 1999 PDF: 69; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000 PDF: 353; Ghosh et al., 2005 PDF: 12; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006 PDF: 57; Mohanraj et al., 2010 PDF: 6; Collingwood et al., 2011 PDF: 448; Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 36; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 473; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 28; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a 10.3897/BDJ.2.e996 PDF: 8 (in key); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 29 (see note in bibliography); Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 24.Senior synonym of Camponotus callida: Roger, 1863b PDF: 2; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 398; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 33; Forel, 1886h PDF: 143; Forel, 1892k PDF: 240; Emery, 1925d PDF: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 93.Senior synonym of Camponotus indefessa: Jerdon, 1851 PDF: 119; Jerdon, 1854b PDF: 103; Smith, 1858a PDF: 14; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 398; Roger, 1863b PDF: 2; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 33; Forel, 1886h PDF: 143; Forel, 1892k PDF: 240; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 225; Emery, 1896j PDF: 371; Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 108; Emery, 1925d PDF: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 93.Senior synonym of Camponotus quadrilaterus: Forel, 1892k PDF: 240; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 226; Emery, 1896j PDF: 371; Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 108; Emery, 1925d PDF: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
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Diagnostic Description

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— J'ai recu en nombre tres grand cette forme de Calcutta par M. Wood-Mason (1) et j'ai acquis la conviction qu'elle ne differe des C. cognatus et maculatus que par degres. Je dois donc la faire rentrer dans l'espece rubripes . Une partie des C. cognatus de mes Etudes myrmecol. en 1879 sont des cognatocompressus d'Afrique qui sont presque identiques aux compressus de Calcutta. La taille varie enormement. Tandis que les plus grandes [[ worker ]] major ont 15 mill., les plus grandes [[ worker ]] minor 11 mill, et leurs [[ worker ]] 18 mill., j'ai recu de Calcutta d'autres [[ worker ]] major de 11 mill. auxquelles correspondent des [[ worker ]] minor d'a peine 6 mill, et une [[ worker ]] de 12 mill. Cependant la forte sculpture de ces individus qui les rend presque entierement mats se retrouve sans modification jusque chez les plus petites [[ worker ]] minor dont les tibias sont encore distinctement prismatiques, du moins dans leur moitie peripherique. La sculpture et la couleur d'une serie de varietes d'Afrique constitue ainsi que la forme de la tete toutes les transitions du compressus au cognatus et au maculatus (1). Du reste la stature ramassee, la tete large, bombee et assez courte, les pattes et les antennes relativement courtes et greles sont des caracteres particuliers seulement aux [[ worker ]] major (maximae); ces caracteres se perdent chez la [[ worker ]] media, la [[ worker ]] minor et chez la [[ queen ]] dont la tete est etroite et allongee. La tete des [[ worker ]] maxima est large de 4,5 et longue (sans les mandibules) de 4,1 millimetres, donc plus large que longue La tete d'une [[ worker ]] minima est large de 1,0 et longue de 1,3 mill. Si l'on fait attention on retrouve une tendance, moins accentuee il est vrai, a ces memes caracteres chez le C. maculatus , dont les [[ worker ]] major ont la tete large et bombee, tandis que la [[ worker ]] a la tete etroite et allongee. Cependant les [[ worker ]] major du vrai compressus de Calcutta ont toujours les cotes de la tete un peu plus convexes que les formes les plus voisines d'Afrique.

La [[ queen ]] da C. compressus (long. 12 a 18 mill.) n'est pas encore decrite. Elle est etroite et allongee, tres semblable a celle du C. maculatus ; la tete est tout aussi allongee que chez cette race, le thorax etroit et allonge, l'ecaille echancree. La carene de l'epistome est faible et obtuse; les ailes sont faiblement teintees de jaune brunatre.

Le [[ male ]] long de 9 a 10 mill., se distingue des autres races par sa sculpture plus dense, plus ponctuee, par son aspect plus mat.

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Forel, A., 1886, Études myrmécologiques en 1886., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, pp. 131-215, vol. 30
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Camponotus compressus

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Camponotus compressus is a type of ground-nesting species of ant found in India and Southeast Asia. It is a frequent visitor to toilets as it consumes urea.[1] It is one of the many species which tends plant-sap-sucking insects like aphids and tree hoppers. They add nutrients into the soil through their discarded waste piles [2] These ants stroke their antenna on the hind parts of these insects stimulating them to excrete a sugar rich liquid, called honeydew, which the ants consume. In return, they are known to protect the insects from predators like ladybugs.

References

  1. ^ Shetty, P. S. (1982). "Gustatory preferences of ants (Camponotus compressus) for urea and sugars". Experientia. 38 (2): 259. doi:10.1007/BF01945100.
  2. ^ "Lycaenid-tending ants can contribute to fitness gain of the infested host plants by providing nutrients". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 2020. doi:10.1007/s11829-020-09785-2.

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Camponotus compressus: Brief Summary

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Camponotus compressus is a type of ground-nesting species of ant found in India and Southeast Asia. It is a frequent visitor to toilets as it consumes urea. It is one of the many species which tends plant-sap-sucking insects like aphids and tree hoppers. They add nutrients into the soil through their discarded waste piles These ants stroke their antenna on the hind parts of these insects stimulating them to excrete a sugar rich liquid, called honeydew, which the ants consume. In return, they are known to protect the insects from predators like ladybugs.

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