Camponotus rectangularis

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Camponotus rectangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. rectangularis
Binomial name
Camponotus rectangularis
Emery, 1890

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

De Oliveira et al. (2015) found two colonies of C. rectangularis opportunistically nesting in Cecropia pachystachya trees (southwest Bahia, Brazil).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 23.299° to -64.36°.

     
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica (type locality), French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname.

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 fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • rectangularis. Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890b: 57 (w.) COSTA RICA.
    • [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 62.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1914a: 274;
    • combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 16.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 249; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 144; Wheeler, W.M. 1907a: 277; Forel, 1908b: 71; Forel, 1912i: 78; Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1918b: 28; Mann, 1922: 53; Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 16; Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1933a: 63; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 220; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259; Kempf, 1972a: 56; Brandão, 1991: 333; Bolton, 1995b: 120; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 113; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 766.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus aulicus, rubroniger, setipes, sordidatus, willowsi.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Minor. Differing from the typical form of the species and its var. rubroniger Forel in coloration, being deep black, with the exception of the posterior borders of the gastric segments and terminal tarsal joints, which are reddish, and the head, antennal scapes and first funicular joint, which are bright yellowish red. Cheeks, clypeus and mandibles yellow, mandibular teeth reddish. The dorsal surface of the gaster is less opaque and more glossy than in rectangularis and rubroniger, with distinctly longer and denser pubescence and even shorter hairs.

Type Material

A single specimen from Acapulco, Mexico (IV.5.'32). There is in my collection a second specimen taken by Frederick Knab in the same locality.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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