Camponotus cameranoi eugaster

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Camponotus cameranoi eugaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. cameranoi
Subspecies: C. cameranoi eugaster
Trinomial name
Camponotus cameranoi eugaster
Santschi, 1922

Identification

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

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

  • eugaster. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) cameranoi var. eugaster Santschi, 1922c: 121 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Neu Würtemberg (E. Garbe) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 51; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Maria (E. Garbe).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of cameranoi: Emery, 1925b: 163; Borgmeier, 1927c: 156; Kusnezov, 1952d: 205; Kempf, 1972a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 98.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, catalogue)
  • Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 121, soldier described)