Camponotus melanoticus catharinae
Camponotus melanoticus catharinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. melanoticus |
Subspecies: | C. melanoticus catharinae |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus melanoticus catharinae Santschi, 1939 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -27.067° to -27.067°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- catharinae. Camponotus melanoticus var. catharinae Santschi, 1939e: 323 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
- Type-material: 10 syntype major and minor workers.
- Type-localities: 1 minor worker Brazil: Santa Catarina, Hammonia, no. 18990 (H. Luederwaldt) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 69; no lectotype designated), 9 major and minor workers Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (no collector’s name) (received from Reichensperger).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Kempf, 1972a: 69.
- Subspecies of melanoticus: Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 91.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 69, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Santschi, F. 1939e. Études et descriptions de fourmis néotropiques. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 10: 312-330 (page 323, soldier, worker described)