Camponotus raphaelis

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

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.6008° to 10.33333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica (type locality), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

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

Images from AntWeb

Camponotus raphaelis inbiocri001254189 head 1.jpgCamponotus raphaelis inbiocri001254189 profile 1.jpgCamponotus raphaelis inbiocri001254189 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus raphaelis inbiocri001254189 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code inbiocri001254189. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by INBio.

Nomenclature

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

  • raphaelis. Camponotus raphaelis Forel, 1899c: 146 (w.) COSTA RICA.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1914a: 274;
    • combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1934e: 424.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 167; Kempf, 1972a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 119; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 167, Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))
  • Forel, A. 1899i. Formicidae. [concl.]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 137-160 (page 146, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 274, Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934e. Some aberrant species of Camponotus (Colobopsis) from the Fiji Islands. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 27: 415-424 (page 424, Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics