Camponotus fugax
Camponotus fugax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. fugax |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus fugax Forel, 1902 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 17.9992° to 17.8191°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Jamaica (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fugax. Camponotus fugax Forel, 1902b: 173 (s.w.) JAMAICA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Jamaica: Kingston, Botanical Garden, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
- combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Emery, 1920b: 259; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 24.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 134; Wheeler, W.M. 1908b: 163; Emery, 1925b: 158; Kempf, 1972a: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 101; McArthur, 2012: 66.
- Distribution: Jamaica.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 101, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 259, combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis))
- Forel, A. 1902b. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 170-182 (page 173, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1902. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 170-182.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Wheeler W. M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 79-135.
- Wheeler W. M. 1908. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24: 159-163.