Camponotus divergens

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Camponotus divergens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. divergens
Binomial name
Camponotus divergens
Mayr, 1887

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -14.75° to -19.15°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

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.

  • divergens. Camponotus divergens Mayr, 1887: 516 (s.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
    • Type-material: holotype major worker (gaster missing).
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (L. Hetschko).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
    • combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 158;
    • combination in C. (Hypercolobopsis): Kempf, 1960f: 458.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 228; Forel, 1895b: 102; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 158; Borgmeier, 1927c: 154; Kempf, 1960f: 458 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Andrade T., G. D. V. Marques, K. Del-Claro. 2007. Diversity of ground dwelling ants in Cerrado: an analysis of temporal variations and distinctive physiognomies of vegetation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 50(1): 121-134.
  • Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
  • Kempf W. W. 1960. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3: 417-466.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.