Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni

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Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. nitens
Subspecies: C. nitens fuhrmanni
Trinomial name
Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni
Forel, 1921

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia (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.

  • fuhrmanni. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) nitens var. furmanni Forel, 1921b: 135 (s.w.) COLOMBIA.
    • [Justified emendation of spelling to fuhrmanni: Emery, 1925b: 81.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 81.
    • Subspecies of nitens: Emery, 1925b: 81; Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 101.

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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and justified emendation of spelling to fuhrmanni)
  • Forel, A. 1921b. Quelques fourmis des environs de Quito (Ecuador) récoltées par Mlle Eléonore Naumann. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 131-135 (page 135, soldier, worker described)