Camponotus borellii

Camponotus borellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. borellii
Binomial name
Camponotus borellii Emery, 1894 Specimen labels
Subspecies
Camponotus borellii saltensis Emery, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.809943° to -37.12°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• borellii. Camponotus maculatus subsp. borellii Emery, 1894e: 1 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA (Salta).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913l: 248;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 79.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1906c: 188; Forel, 1912i: 70; Forel, 1913l: 248; Forel, 1914d: 288; Bruch, 1914: 229; Forel, 1915c: 363.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1920b: 233 (footnote); Emery, 1925b: 79; Santschi, 1931e: 282; Kusnezov, 1952d: 204; Kusnezov, 1953b: 339; Kempf, 1972a: 66; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Wild, 2007b: 27.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus saltensis.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1894e. Viaggio del Dott. E. Festa in Palestina, nel Libano e regioni vicine. XI. Descrizione di un nuovo Camponotus. Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 9(1 185: 1-2 (page 1, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 233, raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 79, combination in C (Tanaemyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 248, combination in C. (Myrmoturba))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
• 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.
• Kusnezov N. 1953. La fauna mirmecológica de Bolivia. Folia Universitaria. Cochabamba 6: 211-229.
• Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.
• Santschi F. 1931. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina. 112: 273-282.