Camponotus rectangularis rubroniger

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Camponotus rectangularis rubroniger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. rectangularis
Subspecies: C. rectangularis rubroniger
Trinomial name
Camponotus rectangularis rubroniger
Forel, 1899

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.03729722° to 18.83333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: El Salvador (type locality), Mexico.

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.

  • rubroniger. Camponotus rectangularis var. rubroniger Forel, 1899c: 144 (w.) EL SALVADOR.
    • Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 221 (q.m.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Emery, 1925b: 167.
    • Subspecies of rectangularis: Forel, 1901c: 136; Forel, 1907e: 11; Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 221; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259; Kempf, 1972a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 121.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 167, Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))
  • Forel, A. 1899i. Formicidae. [concl.]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 137-160 (page 144, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 221, queen, male described)