Camponotus termitarius
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| Camponotus termitarius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. termitarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus termitarius Emery, 1902
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -18.112222° to -22.809943°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.
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
- The following images are provided by AntWeb
Head view
Side view
Top view
Specimen labels
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- termitarius. Camponotus punctulatus subsp. termitarius Emery, in Wasmann, 1902b: 297 (footnote) (w.q.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul), ARGENTINA (Entre Ríos).
- Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913l: 249;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 79.
- Subspecies of punctulatus: Emery, 1903: 70; Emery, 1906c: 190; Forel, 1908c: 402; Forel, 1913l: 249; Bruch, 1914: 230; Luederwaldt, 1918: 50; Santschi, 1922b: 377; Santschi, 1923c: 273; Emery, 1925b: 79; Borgmeier, 1927c: 146; Santschi, 1939e: 325 (in key); Kusnezov, 1952d: 216; Kempf, 1972a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 126.
- Status as species: Wild, 2007b: 29, 48.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1906. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37: 107-194.
- Forel A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 340-418.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Kusnezov N. 1952. El género Camponotus en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12: 183-252.
- Santoandre S., J. Filloy, G. A. Zurita, and M. I. Bellocq. 2019. Ant taxonomic and functional diversity show differential response to plantation age in two contrasting biomes. Forest Ecology and Management 437: 304-313.
- Santschi F. 1922. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54: 345-378.
- Santschi F. 1923. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30: 245-273.
- Santschi F. 1925. Fourmis des provinces argentines de Santa Fe, Catamarca, Santa Cruz, Córdoba et Los Andes. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia" 2: 149-168.
