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Camponotus rectithorax
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. rectithorax |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus rectithorax Forel, 1895
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 19.137° to 12.99908333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico (type locality), Nicaragua.
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. |
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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
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0217694. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nitidus. Camponotus (Formica) nitidus Norton, 1868c: 2 (w.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, R.R. 2000: 608), 2 paralectotype workers.
- Type-locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Mts of Orizaba (Sumichrast); paralectotypes with same data.
- [Notes (i): lectotype designation by Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 332, is redundant as the specimen they cite is derived from Forel, 1895a: 44 (in text), from Guatemala, not from the original type-series from Mexico; (ii) Forel, 1879a: 82, cites a Norton syntype in NHMW.]
- Type-depository: MHNG (lectotype).
- [Formica nitida Norton, 1868a: 60. Nomen nudum.]
- [Junior secondary homonym of Formica nitida Lowne, 1865a: 277.]
- Status as species: Forel, 1879a: 82; Forel, 1885a: 347; Dalla Torre, 1893: 245; Forel, 1899c: 154; Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 58.
- Replacement name: Camponotus montivagus r. rectithorax Forel, 1895a: 44.
- rectithorax. Camponotus montivagus r. rectithorax Forel, 1895a: 44 (in text).
- Replacement name for Camponotus nitidus Norton, 1868c: 2. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica nitida Lowne, 1865a: 277.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118.
- Subspecies of montivagus: Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 118; Kempf, 1972a: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 120.
- Status as species: Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 331 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256.
- Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 118, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Forel, A. 1895a. Nouvelles fourmis de diverses provenances, surtout d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 41-49 (page 44, worker described)
- Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30: 319-334 (page 331, Raised to species)
- Norton, E. 1868c. Description of Mexican ants noticed in the American Naturalist, April, 1868. Proc. Essex Inst. (Commun.) 6: 1-10 (page 2, Replacement name for Camponotus nitida)
- Snelling, R.R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36: 599-611.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Mackay, W.P. and E.E. Mackay. 1997. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30(3):319-333
- Quiroz Robledo L. N., and J. E. Valenzuela Gonzalez. 1993. Contribucion al conocimiento de la mirmecofauna del estado de Hidalgo, Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). En: Villavicencio-Nieto (ed) Flora y Fauna del Estado de Hidalgo. Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo. p. 340-393. ISBN 968-63 40-36-X
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133