Camponotus distinguendus

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Camponotus distinguendus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. distinguendus
Binomial name
Camponotus distinguendus
(Spinola, 1851)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -29.953056° to -41.323364°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Chile (type locality), Peru.

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.

  • distinguendus. Formica distinguenda Spinola, 1851a: 235 (w.m.) CHILE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Chile: Coquimbo (C. Gay?) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1970a: 33; no lectotype designated), Chile: Santa Rosa (C. Gay?).
    • Type-depository: MRSN.
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 5;
    • combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Forel, 1914a: 268;
    • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Bruch, 1914: 228;
    • combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Emery, 1920b: 255;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 78.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 51; Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1863: 398; Mayr, 1886c: 364; Dalla Torre, 1893: 228; Emery, 1895i: 18; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1903: 69; Emery, 1906c: 191; Forel, 1907e: 10; Bruch, 1914: 228; Emery, 1925b: 78; Donisthorpe, 1933c: 538; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 101; Menozzi, 1935c: 329; Kusnezov, 1952d: 209; Kusnezov, 1953a: 112 (in key); Kusnezov, 1960b: 397; Kempf, 1970a: 33; Kempf, 1972a: 67; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 120; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 96; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 112.
    • Senior synonym of santacruziana: Kusnezov, 1960b: 397; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
    • Senior synonym of tenuipubens: Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 120; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
    • Distribution: Argentina, Chile, Peru.
  • santacruziana. Camponotus distinguendus var. santacruziana Emery, 1906c: 191 (s.w.) ARGENTINA (Santa Cruz).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Argentina: Santa Cruz, Monte Buenos Aires, and “other localities on Rio Santa Cruz” (F. Silvestri).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Bruch, 1914: 228;
    • combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Santschi, 1920d: 386;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 78.
    • Subspecies of distinguendus: Bruch, 1914: 228; Santschi, 1920d: 386; Emery, 1925b: 78; Kusnezov, 1952d: 209; Kempf, 1972a: 67 (error).
    • Junior synonym of distinguendus: Kusnezov, 1960b: 397; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 120; Bolton, 1995b: 122.
  • denudata. Camponotus distinguendus var. denudata Emery, 1906c: 191 (w.) CHILE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Chile: Pitrufquén (F. Silvestri) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1970a: 33; no lectotype designated), Chile: Talca, Coipué (F. Silvestri).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus blandus subsp. denudatus Emery, 1903: 67.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmoturba) distinguendus var. tenuipubens Santschi, 1916d: 242.
  • tenuipubens. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) distinguendus var. tenuipubens Santschi, 1916d: 242.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus distinguendus var. denudata Emery, 1906c: 191. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus blandus subsp. denudatus Emery, 1903: 67.]
    • [Misspelled as tenuipubescens by Emery, 1925b: 78, Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 101, and others.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 78.
    • Subspecies of distinguendus: Emery, 1925b: 78; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 101; Menozzi, 1935c: 331 (in key); Kusnezov, 1952d: 209; Kempf, 1970a: 33; Kempf, 1972a: 67.
    • Junior synonym of distinguendus: Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 120; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 126.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
  • Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Rev. Mus. La Plata 19: 211-234 (page 228, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
  • Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 255, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 78, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 268, combination in C. (Myrmosericus))
  • Kusnezov, N. 1960b [1959]. La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zool. Lilloana 17: 321-401 (page 397, senior synonym of santacruziana)
  • Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 5, combination in Camponotus)
  • Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 9: 63-129 (page 120, senior synonym of tenuipubens)
  • Spinola, M. 1851a. Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros. Pp. 153-569 in: Gay, C. Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. Tomo 6. Paris: Maulde & Renon, 572 pp. (page 235, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
  • Bruch C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19: 211-234.
  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Emery C. 1903. Intorno ad alcune specie di Camponotus dell'America Meridionale. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)7: 62-81.
  • Emery C. 1906. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37: 107-194.
  • Farji-Brener, A.G., J.C. Corley and J. Bettinelli. 2002. The effects of fire on ant communities in north-western Patagonia: the importance of habitat structure and regional context. Diversity and Distributions 8:235-243.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Goetsch W. and C. Menozzi. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14: 94-102
  • Goetsch, W., and C. Menozzi. "Die Ameisen Chiles." Konowia 14 (1935): 94-102.
  • Kempf W. W. 1970. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23: 17-43.
  • 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. 1960. La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 17: 321-401.
  • Lescano M. N., L. Elizalde, V. Werenkraut, G. I. Pirk, and G. E. Flores. 2017. Ant and tenebrionid beetle assemblages in arid lands: Their associations with vegetation types in the Patagonian steppe. Journal of Arid Environments 138: 51-57.
  • Menozzi C. 1935. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 67: 319-336.
  • Santschi F. 1925. Fourmis des provinces argentines de Santa Fe, Catamarca, Santa Cruz, Córdoba et Los Andes. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia" 2: 149-168.
  • Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.