Camponotus branneri

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Camponotus branneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. branneri
Binomial name
Camponotus branneri
(Mann, 1916)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.631944444° to -13.03°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Ecuador.

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

Nomenclature

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

  • branneri. Dendromyrmex branneri Mann, 1916: 488, pl. 6, fig. 47 (w.) BRAZIL (Rondônia).
    • Kempf, 1976a: 107 (s.).
    • Subgenus indeterminate: Kempf, 1976a: 107; Brandão, 1991: 336.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 173; Borgmeier, 1927c: 161; Kempf, 1972a: 95; Kempf, 1976a: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 111.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1976a. Discovery of a major worker in Camponotus branneri (Mann), a new combination (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 83: 106-111 (page 107, soldier described)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1976a. Discovery of a major worker in Camponotus branneri (Mann), a new combination (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 83: 106-111 (page 107, combination in Camponotus, subgenus indeterminate.)
  • Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 399-490 (page 488, pl. 6, fig. 47 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Ryder Wilkie K.T., A. L. Mertl, and J. F. A. Traniello. 2010. Species Diversity and Distribution Patterns of the Ants of Amazonian Ecuador. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13146.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013146
  • Wilson, E.O. 1987. The Arboreal Ant Fauna of Peruvian Amazon Forests: A First Assessment. Biotropica 19(3):245-251.