Camponotus micans
Camponotus micans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. micans |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856) | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
This species seems to be restricted to south regions within the Iberian Peninsula.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 42.628611° to 27.033333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Monaco, Portugal, Spain.
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.
- micans. Formica micans Nylander, 1856b: 55 (w.) ALGERIA.
- Roger, 1859: 229 (q.); Emery, 1916b: 236 (q.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1861: 36 (in key);
- combination in C. (Myrmosericus): Menozzi, 1921: 32.
- Subspecies of rufoglaucus: Forel, 1892j: 237; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 243, 250 (footnote); Emery, 1893c: 87 (footnote); Forel, 1894d: 3; Emery, 1895h: 49 (in key); Forel, 1895d: 227; Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Forel, 1902a: 158; Forel, 1904c: 12; Karavaiev, 1912a: 21; Emery, 1914d: 159; Emery, 1916b: 225; Stitz, 1917: 350; Santschi, 1919e: 247; Menozzi, 1921: 32; Menozzi, 1922b: 331; Emery, 1924a: 9; Emery, 1925b: 106; Donisthorpe, 1927a: 9; Kutter, 1928: 66; Menozzi, 1934: 165; Finzi, 1940: 164; Ceballos, 1956: 313; Cagniant, 1964: 91; Cagniant, 1966b: 281.
- Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 30; Roger, 1859: 228; Mayr, 1861: 36 (in key); Roger, 1861b: 163; Mayr, 1862: 663; Mayr, 1863: 400; Roger, 1863b: 1; Emery, 1870: 193; Dours, 1873: 164; André, 1874: 177 (in key); Emery, 1878a: viii (in list); Emery, 1878b: 44; Mayr, 1879: 647; Emery & Forel, 1879: 447; Forel, 1879a: 77; Saunders, E. 1890: 202; André, 1882a: 147 (in key); Emery, 1884a: 376; Forel, 1885b: 176; Forel, 1886d: 239; Emery, 1889b: 513; Forel, 1890a: lxvii; Emery, 1891b: 21; Emery, 1892a: 120; Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Medina, 1893: 104; Forel, 1909c: 106; Santschi, 1925g: 359; Santschi, 1931a: 11; Santschi, 1932c: 71; Santschi, 1932g: 4; Santschi, 1936c: 208; Santschi, 1938a: 43; Santschi, 1939c: 5; Menozzi, 1940: 271; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 62; Baroni Urbani, 1964c: 161; Arnol’di, 1967: 1828; Cagniant, 1968a: 146; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 82; Cagniant, 1970c: 34; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 189; Collingwood, 1978: 91 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 111; Mei, 1995: 767; Poldi, et al. 1995: 7; Cagniant, 1996b: 94; Espadaler, 1997b: 27; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 25 (in key); Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Borowiec, L. 2014: 37 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 144.
- [Note: Collingwood, 1978: 72, lists micans as senior synonym of rufoglaucus. Error because, (i) rufoglaucus has priority, (ii) the two have never otherwise been considered synonymous, either before or after 1978.]
- Current subspecies: nominal plus asniensis.
Description
References
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