Camponotus leydigi

Camponotus leydigi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. leydigi
Binomial name
Camponotus leydigi Forel, 1886 Specimen labels
Synonyms
Camponotus nobilis Santschi, 1916

Koch et al. (2018) sampled this species in Caryocar barsiliense trees, in southeastern Brazil cerrado, as part of a study examining species interactions in ant-plants.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 5.266667° to -26.808285°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname.

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.

Biology

Life History Traits

• Colony type: polydomous (Soares & Oliveira, 2021)

Nomenclature

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

• leydigi. Camponotus leydigi Forel, 1886f: 169 (w.) BRAZIL (Bahia, Rio de Janeiro).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1914a: 269;
  • combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1920b: 256; Santschi, 1921f: 311.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 239; Forel, 1895b: 103; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1904d: 177; Forel, 1907e: 10; Mann, 1916: 477; Santschi, 1920d: 386; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 5; Emery, 1925b: 153; Borgmeier, 1927c: 151; Kusnezov, 1952d: 211; Kusnezov, 1953b: 339; Kempf, 1960e: 399; Kempf, 1961b: 522; Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 108; Wild, 2007b: 28; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 112; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 762.
  • Senior synonym of nobilis: Emery, 1925b: 153; Borgmeier, 1927c: 151; Kusnezov, 1952d: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
• nobilis. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) nobilis Santschi, 1916e: 396 (w.) PARAGUAY.
  • Subspecies of leydigi: Santschi, 1920d: 386 (in text).
  • Junior synonym of leydigi: Emery, 1925b: 153; Borgmeier, 1927c: 151; Kusnezov, 1952d: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 114.

References

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