Camponotus mucronatus

Camponotus mucronatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. mucronatus
Binomial name
	Camponotus mucronatus; Emery, 1890 Specimen labels
Subspecies
	Camponotus mucronatus formaster Wheeler, W.M., 1934; Camponotus mucronatus hirsutinasus Wheeler, W.M., 1934;
Synonyms
	Dolichoderus tridentanodus Ortega-De Santiago & Vásquez-Bolaños, 2012;

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.00083333° to -19.6°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (type locality), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (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

Flight Period

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Source: Kaspari et al., 2001.

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Castes

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Worker. Specimen code inbiocri002281066. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by JTLC.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

mucronatus. Camponotus mucronatus Emery, 1890b: 58 (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 63.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1914a: 274;
- combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1934e: 424.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1894k: 63; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 145; Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1934e: 424; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 226; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 112; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 763.
- Senior synonym of tridentanodus: Dubovikoff & Coronado-Blanco, 2017: 1329.
- Distribution: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus formaster, hirsutinasus.
tridentanodus. Dolichoderus tridentanodus Ortega-De Santiago & Vásquez-Bolaños, 2012: 1005, figs. 1-3 (w.) MEXICO (Jalisco).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 11 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta, Palo Maria, rio Palo Maria, BTSCpert, 10 m. 20°33’6’’N, 105°15’ 0.9’’W, 3.i.2009 (A. Meza-López); paratypes: 5 workers with same data but 6.vi.2009, 3 workers with same data but 2.v.2009, 1 worker with same data but 5.ix.2009, 2 workers with same data but 5.xii.2009.
- Type-depositories: CZUG (holotype); CZUG, IEXA, LESM, WEMC (paratypes).
- Junior synonym of mucronatus: Dubovikoff & Coronado-Blanco, 2017: 1329.

Type Material

Dolichoderus tridentanodus: Holotype, worker, Palo Maria River, Palo Maria, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 10m, Mexico, 20°33.6′0″N 105°16′.9″W / 20.56°N 105.266917°W / 20.56; -105.266917, 3 January 2009, A. Meza-Lopez et al., Collection Entomological Studies Center in Zoology University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; hand collecting.
Dolichoderus tridentanodus: Paratype, 5 workers, Palo Maria River, Palo Maria, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 10m, Mexico, 20°33.6′0″N 105°16′.9″W / 20.56°N 105.266917°W / 20.56; -105.266917, 6 June 2009, A. Meza-Lopez et al.; hand collecting.
Dolichoderus tridentanodus: Paratype, 1 worker, Palo Maria River, Palo Maria, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 10m, Mexico, 20°33.6′0″N 105°16′.9″W / 20.56°N 105.266917°W / 20.56; -105.266917, 2 May 2009, A. Meza-Lopez et al.; pitfall trap with tuna.
Dolichoderus tridentanodus: Paratype, 2 workers, Palo Maria River, Palo Maria, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 10m, Mexico, 20°33.6′0″N 105°16′.9″W / 20.56°N 105.266917°W / 20.56; -105.266917, 2 May 2009, A. Meza-Lopez et al.; hand collecting.
Dolichoderus tridentanodus: Paratype, 1 worker, Palo Maria River, Palo Maria, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 10m, Mexico, 20°33.6′0″N 105°16′.9″W / 20.56°N 105.266917°W / 20.56; -105.266917, 5 September 2009, A. Meza-Lopez et al.; hand collecting.
Dolichoderus tridentanodus: Paratype, 2 workers, Palo Maria River, Palo Maria, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 10m, Mexico, 20°33.6′0″N 105°16′.9″W / 20.56°N 105.266917°W / 20.56; -105.266917, 5 December 2009, A. Meza-Lopez et al.; hand collecting.

Deposition of Dolichoderus tridentanodus types

Holotype and 8 paratypes: Collection Entomological Studies Center in Zoology University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
1 paratype: Ant collection of the Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics, Microarthropods, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Querétaro, Mexico
1 paratype: Insect Collection of the Institute of Ecology, A. C., Veracruz, Mexico
1 paratype: Collection ants of William and Emma Mackay, Texas, United States of America

Description

Ortega-De Santiago and Vásquez-Bolaños, 2012.

References

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