Camponotus vagulus

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Camponotus vagulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. vagulus
Binomial name
Camponotus vagulus
Forel, 1908

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.809943° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.

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 vagulus casent0173459 head 1.jpgCamponotus vagulus casent0173459 profile 1.jpgCamponotus vagulus casent0173459 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus vagulus casent0173459 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0173459. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • vagulus. Camponotus fastigatus subsp. vagulus Forel, 1908c: 403 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155.
    • Subspecies of fastigatus: Luederwaldt, 1918: 49; Emery, 1925b: 155; Borgmeier, 1927c: 152; Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 128.
    • Status as species: Wild, 2007b: 29, 50.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 340-418.
  • Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
  • Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.