Camponotus snellingi

Camponotus snellingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. snellingi
Binomial name
Camponotus snellingi Bolton, 1995 Specimen Label
Synonyms
Camponotus fallax pavidus Snelling, R.R., 1988

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.17843° to 26.46666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

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.

Castes

Worker

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Queen

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Male

Images from AntWeb

Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103731. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• pavidus. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) pavidus Snelling, R.R. 1988: 71.
  • [First available use of Camponotus fallax subsp. rasilis var. pavidus Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 228 (s.w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas, Louisiana, Florida); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • [C. fallax subsp. rasilis var. pavidus Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 342. Nomen nudum.]
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Formica pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Donisthorpe, 1915d: 348; Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 28; Emery, 1925b: 117; Donisthorpe, 1927b: 403; Smith, M.R. 1930a: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 15; Cole, 1937b: 139; Dennis, 1938: 303; Creighton, 1950a: 388; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 845.
  • Material referred to nearcticus by Creighton, 1950a: 388; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 845; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1432.
  • Status as species: Deyrup, et al. 1989: 100.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus snellingi Bolton, 1995b: 124.
• snellingi. Camponotus snellingi Bolton, 1995b: 124.
  • Replacement name for Camponotus pavidus Snelling, R.R. 1988: 71. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96.]
  • Status as species: Deyrup, 2003: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown, et al. 2007: 17; Deyrup, 2017: 200.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, new name, replacement name for pavidus Snelling, 1988, catalogue)
• Davis, T. 2009. The ants of South Carolina (thesis, Clemson University).
• Gochnour, B.M., Suiter, D.R., Booher, D. 2019. Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of the Marine Port of Savannah, Garden City, Georgia (USA). Journal of Entomological Science 54, 417-429 (doi:10.18474/jes18-132).
• MacGown, J.A., Booher, D., Richter, H., Wetterer, J.K., Hill, J.G. 2021. An updated list of ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with new state records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147: 961-981 (doi:10.3157/061.147.0409).
• Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 96, [Junior secondary homonym of pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96.])
• Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. (page 71, junior secondary homonym)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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