Camponotus nylanderi

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Camponotus nylanderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. nylanderi
Binomial name
Camponotus nylanderi
Emery, 1921

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 44.9° to 36.9°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France, Italy (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

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a host for the aphelinid wasp Aphytis melinus (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).
  • This species is a host for the encyrtid wasp Leptomastix dactylopii (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • pallens. Formica pallens Nylander, 1849: 36 (w.) ITALY (Sicily).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Formica pallens Le Guillou, 1842: 316 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
    • Forel, 1886f: 149 (s.); Emery, 1908a: 201 (q.).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 1;
    • combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Emery, 1920b: 255.
    • Junior synonym of aethiops: Mayr, 1855: 313.
    • Junior synonym of marginata: Mayr, 1861: 36 (in key).
    • Junior synonym of sylvaticus: Mayr, 1863: 401; Roger, 1863b: 1; Mayr, 1865: 27; André, 1874: 201 (in list); Forel, 1874: 96 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 448; Nasonov, 1889: 11.
    • Subspecies of rubripes: Forel, 1886f: 143, 149.
    • Subspecies of sylvaticus: Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote).
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 241 (footnote), 247; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1908a: 201; Emery, 1908d: 24; Emery, 1914d: 159; Emery, 1916b: 225.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 12; Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Emery, 1920b: 255; Emery, 1920c: 7, 12 (in key); Menozzi, 1921: 32.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921a: 25.
  • nylanderi. Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921a: 25.
    • Replacement name for Formica pallens Nylander, 1849: 36. [Junior primary homonym of Formica pallens Le Guillou, 1842: 316.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 91.
    • Subspecies of atlantis: Emery, 1925b: 91; Donisthorpe, 1927a: 9; Grandi, 1935: 102.
    • Subspecies of alii: Santschi, 1939d: 86 (in key).
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1931a: 11; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 59; Baroni Urbani, 1964c: 161; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 185; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 114; Poldi, et al. 1995: 7; Petrov, 2006: 110 (in key); Radchenko, 2007: 38; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 451; Borowiec, L. 2014: 38; Lebas, et al. 2016: 150.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Baroni Urbani, C.. "Formiche dell'Italia appenninica (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia, III)." Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 12 (1964): 149-172.
  • Baroni Urbani, C.. "Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. II. Formiche di Sicilia." Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania (6) 16 (1964): 25-66.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2015. Pheidole symbioticaWasmann, 1909, an enigmatic supposed social parasite, is a nematodeinfested form of Pheidole pallidula(Nylander, 1849) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 62(2): 181-186.
  • Poldi B., M. Mei, and F. Rigato. 1995. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Vol 102. Checklist delle specie della fauna Italiana: 1-10.
  • Radchenko A. G. 2007. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of William Nylander. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 50: 27-41.