Camponotus melanocephalus

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Camponotus melanocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Camponotus melanocephalus
Roger, 1863

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Venezuela (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.

  • melanocephalus. Camponotus melanocephalus Roger, 1863a: 144 (s.) VENEZUELA.
    • Type-material: holotype major worker.
    • Type-locality: Venezuela: (no further data) (Schaum).
    • Type-depository: unknown.
    • [Note: Roger type-material is principally in DEIB, MNHN, MNHU, ZSBS.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1914a: 269;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 81.
    • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1863: 459; Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 81; Kempf, 1972a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 111.
    • Distribution: Venezuela.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 269, Combination in C. (Myrmothrix))
  • Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 144, soldier described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.