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Camponotus capperi formosulus
| Camponotus capperi formosulus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. capperi |
| Subspecies: | C. capperi formosulus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus capperi formosulus Wheeler, W.M., 1917 | |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 18.041682° to 18.041682°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Jamaica (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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.
- formosulus. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) capperi var. formosulus Wheeler, W.M. 1917g: 468, fig. 3d (w.m.) JAMAICA.
- Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 156.
- Subspecies of capperi: Emery, 1925b: 156; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 100.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 156, combination in C.(Myrmaphanenus))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917g. Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 457-471 (page 468, fig. 3d worker, male described)