Camponotus coruscus fulgens

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Camponotus coruscus fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. coruscus
Subspecies: C. coruscus fulgens
Trinomial name
Camponotus coruscus fulgens
Forel, 1885

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 14.333333° to 14.333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guatemala (type locality).

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.

  • fulgens. Camponotus coruscus var. fulgens Forel, 1885a: 345 (w.) GUATEMALA.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 80.
    • Subspecies of coruscus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 226; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 149; Emery, 1925b: 80; Kempf, 1972a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 101.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 101, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 375, subspecies of coruscus)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 80, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 345, worker described)