Camponotus fastigatus

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Camponotus fastigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. fastigatus
Binomial name
Camponotus fastigatus
Roger, 1863

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Specimen labels

Subspecies

De Oliveira et al. (2015) found two colonies of C. fastigatus opportunistically nesting in Cecropia pachystachya trees (southwest Bahia, Brazil).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.89083° to -64.36°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, 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

Koch et al. (2018) sampled this species in Caryocar barsiliense trees, in southeastern Brazil cerrado, as part of a study examining species interactions in ant-plants.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0173417. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • fastigatus. Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863b: 5 (w.) BRAZIL (Bahia).
    • [Misspelled as fastigiatus by Mayr, 1870a: 374, Dalla Torre, 1893: 230, and others.]
    • Emery, 1903: 73 (q.); Forel, 1908c: 403 (m.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90;
    • combination in C. (Neomyrmamblys): Santschi, 1921f: 311; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 708; Santschi, 1922c: 113;
    • combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1870a: 374 (in key); Forel, 1886f: 172; Dalla Torre, 1893: 230; Wasmann, 1894: 166; Forel, 1895b: 102; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1903: 73; Forel, 1908c: 403; Forel, 1912i: 81; Luederwaldt, 1918: 49; Wheeler, W.M. 1918b: 27; Emery, 1925b: 155; Borgmeier, 1927c: 152; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 99; Wild, 2007b: 28; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 112; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 759.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus barbiculus, schmalzi.

Description

References

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