Camponotus scissus

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Camponotus scissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. scissus
Binomial name
Camponotus scissus
Mayr, 1887

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to -22.908°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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

Images from AntWeb

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Lectotype of Camponotus scissusWorker. Specimen code casent0915802. Photographer Harald Bruckner, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMW, Vienna, Austria.

Nomenclature

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

  • scissus. Camponotus scissus Mayr, 1887: 518 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
    • Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Forel, 1914a: 272;
    • combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1920b: 260;
    • combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1925b: 165.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 251; Forel, 1895b: 104; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 165; Borgmeier, 1927c: 158; Kusnezov, 1952d: 223; Kempf, 1960f: 463 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 123.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kempf W. W. 1960. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3: 417-466.
  • Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1952. El género Camponotus en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12: 183-252.
  • Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.
  • Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
  • Vasconcelos, H.L., J.M.S. Vilhena, W.E. Magnusson and A.L.K.M. Albernaz. 2006. Long-term effects of forest fragmentation on Amazonian ant communities. Journal of Biogeography 33:1348-1356