Camponotus beebei

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Camponotus beebei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. beebei
Binomial name
Camponotus beebei
Wheeler, W.M., 1918

Identification

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Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana (type locality), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • beebei. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) beebei Wheeler, W.M. 1918b: 27 (w.) GUYANA.
    • [Misspelled as bebei by Emery, 1925b: 163.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 22.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 16; Emery, 1925b: 163; Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 88.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16.
  • Wilson E. O. 1965. Trail sharing in ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 72: 2-7.