Camponotus patimae
Camponotus patimae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. patimae |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus patimae Wheeler, W.M., 1942 | |
Subspecies | |
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The type specimens of this species were found in the hollow stems of Patima formicaria (Rubiaceae).
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.60924° to 5.883333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guyana (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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- patimae. Camponotus (Paracolobopsis) patimae Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 260, pl. 57, fig. b (s.w.m.) GUYANA.
- Type-material: 4 syntype major workers, 1 syntype minor worker, 4 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Merumé Creek (H.O. Lang).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Kempf, 1972a: 46.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 116.
- Distribution: Guyana.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus dolentulus.
Description
References
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 46, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 260, pl. 57, fig. b soldier, worker, male 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.
- INBio Collection (via Gbif)
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Wheeler W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262.