Camponotus pexus

Camponotus pexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. pexus
Binomial name
Camponotus pexus Santschi, 1929 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.432222° to 28.269722°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• pexus. Camponotus (Myrmosericus) pexus Santschi, 1929e: 161 (s.w.q.) MOROCCO.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1931a: 11; Cagniant, 1985b: 78; Cagniant, 1991b: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 117; Cagniant, 1996b: 95; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Borowiec, L. 2014: 39.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H. 1985b. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Étude des Camponotus du groupe cruentatus au Maroc (Hyménoptères - Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 121: 77-84 (page 77, see also)
• Cagniant, H. 1991b. Étude des populations marocaines de la superespèce Camponotus cruentatus Latreille. Mise en evidence de Camponotus obscuriventris sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 67: 35-54 (page 52, see also)
• Santschi, F. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 69: 138-165 (page 161, soldier, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.
• Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Cagniant, H.. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
• Delye, G., and J. L. Bonaric. "Fourmis du sud Marocain." Etude de certains milieux du Maroc et de leux evolution recente RCP 249 (1973).
• Santschi, F.. "Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie." Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Bruxelles) 69 (1929): 138-165.
• Santschi, F.. "Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quod a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Håkan Lindberg. Fourmis du Bassin Méditerranéen occidental et du Maroc récoltées par MM. Lindberg." Societas Scientiarum Fennica (Helsingfors) 3 (14) (1931): 1-13.
• Taheri A., and J. Reyes-Lopez. 2017. First record in Morocco of the wooly ant Tetramorium lanuginosum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an Asian species now known from all southern Mediterranean countries. Transactions American Entomological Society 143: 515-516.