Camponotus iheringi

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Camponotus iheringi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. iheringi
Binomial name
Camponotus iheringi
Forel, 1908

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -11.9° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0173425. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0173426. 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.

  • iheringi. Camponotus iheringi Forel, 1908c: 412 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • [Misspelled as jheringi by Emery, 1925b: 165, and others.]
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
    • combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1920b: 260.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1912i: 78; Luederwaldt, 1918: 52; Emery, 1925b: 165; Borgmeier, 1927c: 157; Santschi, 1936d: 421; Kempf, 1972a: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 104; Wild, 2007b: 28, 47; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227.
    • Senior synonym of bajulus: Wild, 2007b: 47.
  • bajulus. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) iheringi var. bajulus Emery, 1925b: 165.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus iheringi var. latinota Forel, 1909a: 264. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. latinotus Forel, 1907c: 144.]
    • Subspecies of iheringi: Kempf, 1972a: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 87.
    • Junior synonym of iheringi: Wild, 2007b: 45.
  • latinota. Camponotus iheringi var. latinota Forel, 1909a: 264 (w.) PARAGUAY.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. latinotus Forel, 1907c: 144.]
    • Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) iheringi var. bajulus Emery, 1925b: 165.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 260, Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
  • Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 412, soldier, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))

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.
  • 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).
  • Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
  • Santschi F. 1936. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes de la République Argentine. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro). 6: 402-421.
  • Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466
  • Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.