Camponotus fallatus

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Camponotus fallatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. fallatus
Binomial name
Camponotus fallatus
Bolton, 1995
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

  • escherichi. Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) escherichi Menozzi, 1926c: 71, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops var. escherichi Emery, 1925b: 97.]
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1936b: 216; Kempf, 1972a: 45.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus fallatus Bolton, 1995b: 98.
  • fallatus. Camponotus fallatus Bolton, 1995b: 98.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) escherichi Menozzi, 1926c: 71. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops var. escherichi Emery, 1925b: 97.]

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, new name, catalogue)
  • Menozzi, C. 1926c. Neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zool. Anz. 69: 68-72 (page 71, replacement name for escherichi Menozzi, 1926)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Menozzi C. 1926. Neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 69: 68-72.