Camponotus guatemalensis

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Camponotus guatemalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Camponotus guatemalensis
Forel, 1885

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guatemala (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.

  • guatemalensis. Camponotus sylvaticus r. guatemalensis Forel, 1885a: 364 (w.) GUATEMALA.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 81.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 233.
    • Subspecies of rubripes: Forel, 1886f: 143.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 233, 241 (footnote); Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 135; Forel, 1908c: 407.
    • Subspecies of picipes: Emery, 1920b: 233 (footnote); Emery, 1925b: 81; Borgmeier, 1927c: 145; Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 102; Mackay & Delsinne, 2009: 496 (in key).
    • Status as species: Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 760.

Description

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 233, Revived status as species)
  • Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 371, Subspecies of maculatus)
  • Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 233, Subspecies of picipes)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 364, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 30: 131-215 (page 143, Race of rubripes)
  • Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 105-136 (page 135, Subspecies of maculatus)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 69, Subspecies of picipes)
  • Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E. 2019. Género Camponotus. Capítulo 26 (pp. 743-789). In Fernández, F., Guerrero, R.J. & Delsinne, T. (eds). Hormigas de Colombia: 1198 pp. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C.