Camponotus snellingi
Camponotus snellingi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. snellingi |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus snellingi Bolton, 1995 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 37.17843° to 26.46666667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States (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. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
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Queen
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Male
Images from AntWeb
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103731. 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.
- pavidus. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) pavidus Snelling, R.R. 1988: 71.
- [First available use of Camponotus fallax subsp. rasilis var. pavidus Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 228 (s.w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas, Louisiana, Florida); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: U.S.A.: Texas, Victoria (J.D. Mitchell), Texas, Dallas (Schwarz, Pratt & Hunter), Texas, Calvert (C.R. Jones), Texas, Liberty (E.S. Tucker), Texas, Austin (W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: Louisiana, Logansport (E.S. Tucker), U.S.A.: Florida, Jacksonville (A.T. Slosson), Florida, Atlantic Beach (A.T. Slosson).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- [C. fallax subsp. rasilis var. pavidus Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 342. Nomen nudum.]
- [Junior secondary homonym of Formica pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Donisthorpe, 1915d: 348; Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 28; Emery, 1925b: 117; Donisthorpe, 1927b: 403; Smith, M.R. 1930a: 6; Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 15; Cole, 1937b: 139; Dennis, 1938: 303; Creighton, 1950a: 388; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 845.
- Material referred to nearcticus by Creighton, 1950a: 388; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 845; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1432.
- Status as species: Deyrup, et al. 1989: 100.
- Replacement name: Camponotus snellingi Bolton, 1995b: 124.
- snellingi. Camponotus snellingi Bolton, 1995b: 124.
- Replacement name for Camponotus pavidus Snelling, R.R. 1988: 71. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96.]
- Status as species: Deyrup, 2003: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown, et al. 2007: 17; Deyrup, 2017: 200.
- Distribution: U.S.A.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 124, new name, replacement name for pavidus Snelling, 1988, catalogue)
- Davis, T. 2009. The ants of South Carolina (thesis, Clemson University).
- Gochnour, B.M., Suiter, D.R., Booher, D. 2019. Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of the Marine Port of Savannah, Garden City, Georgia (USA). Journal of Entomological Science 54, 417-429 (doi:10.18474/jes18-132).
- MacGown, J.A., Booher, D., Richter, H., Wetterer, J.K., Hill, J.G. 2021. An updated list of ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with new state records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147: 961-981 (doi:10.3157/061.147.0409).
- Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 96, [Junior secondary homonym of pavida Smith, F. 1860b: 96.])
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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
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