Camponotus flavescens

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Camponotus flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. flavescens
Binomial name
Camponotus flavescens
(Fabricius, 1793)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.75° to 3.75°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana (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.

  • flavescens. Formica flavescens Fabricius, 1793: 353 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA.
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 4;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 80.
    • Status as species: Latreille, 1802c: 111; Fabricius, 1804: 399; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 217; Smith, F. 1858b: 49; Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1863: 399; Dalla Torre, 1893: 231; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 80; Kempf, 1972a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 99.

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.