Camponotus decipiens

Camponotus decipiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. decipiens
Binomial name
Camponotus decipiens Emery, 1893 Specimen Label
Synonyms
Camponotus fallax rasilis Wheeler, W.M., 1910

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  Camponotus decipiens feeding on nectar from the stem of a Melia tree, Texas, United States. Photo by Alex Wild.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 40.783546° to 24.555°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

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.

Biology

Flight Period

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

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Castes

Worker

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Worker. Specimen code casent0103666. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Worker. Specimen code casent0103667. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Queen

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103665. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Male

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0103662. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• decipiens. Camponotus marginatus var. decipiens Emery, 1893i: 676 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Indiana, Texas).
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: U.S.A.: Indiana (no collector’s name), U.S.A.: Texas (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: MSNG (perhaps also USNM).
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 227 (s.w.q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 117.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 227.
  • Subspecies of fallax: Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 342; Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 227; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 572; Wheeler, W.M. 1913c: 117; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 558.
  • Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 28; Wheeler, W.M. 1917i: 466; Emery, 1925b: 117; Dennis, 1938: 302; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 252.
  • Subspecies of nearcticus: Cole, 1942: 388.
  • Junior synonym of nearcticus: Creighton, 1950a: 388; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 845; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1432.
  • Status as species: Snelling, R.R. 1988: 66; Deyrup, et al. 1989: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 95; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 88; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 65; MacGown, et al. 2007: 15; Deyrup, 2017: 188.
  • Senior synonym of rasilis: Snelling, R.R. 1988: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
  • Distribution: U.S.A.
• rasilis. Camponotus fallax subsp. rasilis Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 227 (s.w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, Florida).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: U.S.A.: Texas, Austin (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Creighton 1950a: 389; no lectotype designated), U.S.A.: Texas, New Braunfels, Marble Falls, and Granite Mt (W.M. Wheeler), Texas, Barksdale (Brown), Texas, Victoria (W.D. Hunter & J.D. Mitchell), Texas, Langtry (W.M. Wheeler), Texas, Kerrville (F.C. Pratt), Texas, Llano (J.C. Crawford), Texas, Tyler (R.C. Howell), Texas, Calvert (C.R. Jones), U.S.A.: Arizona, Tucson (W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: Louisiana, Keatchie (W. Newell), U.S.A.: Florida, Miami (W.M. Wheeler), Florida, Sanford (J. Schmitt).
  • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
  • [Camponotus fallax subsp. rasilis Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 342. Nomen nudum.]
  • Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 386 (l.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 117.
  • Subspecies of fallax: Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 572; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 558; Cole, 1937b: 139.
  • Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, W.M. 1917d: 28; Emery, 1925b: 117; Smith, M.R. 1930a: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 15; Dennis, 1938: 302; Buren, 1944a: 294.
  • Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 389; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 845; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 145; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); Smith, M.R. 1967: 367; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Allred, 1982: 456.
  • Junior synonym of sayi: Snelling, R.R. 1968b: 355; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1432; Snelling, R.R. & George, 1979: 190.
  • Junior synonym of decipiens: Snelling, R.R. 1988: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 120.

References

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