Camponotus pallens

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Camponotus pallens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. pallens
Binomial name
Camponotus pallens
(Le Guillou, 1842)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.8° to 36.8°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: French Polynesia (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus pallensMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913697. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • pallens. Formica pallens Le Guillou, 1842: 316 (q.) TONGA (Vavau I.).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1921a: 25;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 95.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 418; Dalla Torre, 1893: 203; Emery, 1925b: 95; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 40; Bolton, 1995b: 116; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 55.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1921a. Specific names repeated in the Linnean genus Formica. Psyche (Camb.) 28: 24-26 (page 25, Combination in Camponotus)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 95, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Le Guillou, E. J. F. 1842 [1841]. Catalogue raisonné des insectes hyménoptères recueillis dans le voyage de circumnavigation des corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 10: 311-324 (page 316, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1886. Études myrmécologiques en 1886.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30: 131-215.
  • Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.