Camponotus bonariensis

Camponotus bonariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. bonariensis
Binomial name
Camponotus bonariensis Mayr, 1868 Specimen labels
Subspecies
Camponotus bonariensis curtulus Santschi, 1936 Camponotus bonariensis garbei Santschi, 1922 Camponotus bonariensis luteolus Emery, 1906 Camponotus bonariensis parvulus Emery, 1894 Camponotus bonariensis tucumanus Santschi, 1922 Camponotus bonariensis weiseri Santschi, 1922

Schmid et al. (2014) found this ant nesting in infructescences (the stem and remains of buds and fruits above the level of the water reservoir in the rosette) of the bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.379093° to -37.067°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0173396. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• bonariensis. Camponotus bonariensis Mayr, 1868a: 162 (w.) ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, San Luis, Mendoza)).
  • Forel, 1913l: 248 (q.m.); Goni, et al. 1983: 366 (k.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913l: 248;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 79.
  • Subspecies of rubripes: Emery, 1888c: 365.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 223, 241 (footnote); Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1906c: 188; Forel, 1908c: 406; Santschi, 1912e: 534; Forel, 1912i: 70; Forel, 1913l: 248; Bruch, 1914: 229; Forel, 1914a: 267; Bruch, 1916: 352; Luederwaldt, 1918: 49.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; von Jhering, 1894: 373; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1920b: 233 (footnote); Santschi, 1922d: 261; Emery, 1925b: 79; Borgmeier, 1927c: 143; Santschi, 1936b: 205; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 256; Kusnezov, 1952d: 202; Kusnezov, 1953b: 339; Kempf, 1972a: 65; Zolessi, et al. 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Wild, 2007b: 27; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 67 (error, not in China); Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 754.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus curtulus, garbei, luteolus, parvulus, tucumanus, weiseri.

Description

Karyotype

• 2n = 40, karyotype = 8M+32A (Uruguay) (Goni et al., 1983).

References

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