Camponotus planatus colombicus

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Camponotus planatus colombicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. planatus
Subspecies: C. planatus colombicus
Trinomial name
Camponotus planatus colombicus
Forel, 1899

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 11.272506° to 11.272506°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia (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.

  • colombicus. Camponotus planatus var. colombicus Forel, 1899c: 141 (w.q.) COLOMBIA.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1925b: 164.
    • Subspecies of planatus: Forel, 1902b: 171; Emery, 1925b: 164; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 93.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 164, combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
  • Forel, A. 1899i. Formicidae. [concl.]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 137-160 (page 141, worker, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1902b. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 170-182 (page 171, race of planatus)