Camponotus striatus

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Camponotus striatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. striatus
Binomial name
Camponotus striatus
(Smith, F., 1862)

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Three minor workers taken by Dr. Skwarra at Camaron, Vera Cruz, in spines of Acacia sphaerocephala (Wheeler 1934). Gillette et al. (2015) in a Chaipas, Mexico field study of twig-nesting ants in coffee plants found C. striatus nesting on plants between 650-900 m in elevation.

Identification

Workers possess a very depressed metanotal suture, a strong, dotted, and opaque sculpture on the sides of the head, and the sides of the pronotum are finely sculptured with smooth sections (Mackay & Mackay 2018).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to 6.054166667°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama (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

De la Mora et al. (2016) found this species nesting in logs found in forests in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico.

Vanoye-Eligio et al. (2020) provide the following notes based on collections using Multilure-type traps from northeastern Mexico: Two Camponotus striatus workers and 1 major were recorded in Acacia sphaerocephala Schltdl. & Cham. (Fabaceae) and Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae) (Wheeler 1934; Gillette et al. 2015).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Dolichoderus granulatusWorker. Specimen code castype00606. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code inbiocri002280548. 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.

  • striatus. Formica striata Smith, F. 1862b: 30 (w.) PANAMA.
    • Emery, 1894k: 62 (s.); Menozzi, 1927d: 340 (q.m.).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1892b: 167;
    • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272;
    • combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1920b: 260;
    • combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1925b: 166; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 25.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 421; Emery, 1892b: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1894k: 62; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Emery, 1896g: 38; Forel, 1899c: 147; Forel, 1914a: 272; Emery, 1920b: 260; Emery, 1925b: 166; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Menozzi, 1927d: 340; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 210; Eidmann, 1936b: 98; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259; Smith, M.R. 1953b: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 125; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; McArthur, 2012: 82; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 768.
    • Senior synonym of alfaroi: Emery, 1892b: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1896d: 377; Emery, 1896g: 38; Emery, 1925b: 166; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
    • Senior synonym of granulatus: Smith, M.R. 1953b: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
  • alfaroi. Camponotus alfaroi Emery, 1890b: 57 (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
    • Subspecies of striatus: Forel, 1899c: 147; Forel, 1902b: 172; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259.
    • Junior synonym of striatus: Emery, 1892b: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1896g: 38; Emery, 1925b: 166; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 85.
  • granulatus. Dolichoderus granulatus Pergande, 1896: 866 (w.) MEXICO (Nayarit).
    • Junior synonym of striatus: Smith, M.R. 1953b: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 102.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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