Camponotus montivagus

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Camponotus montivagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. montivagus
Binomial name
Camponotus montivagus
Forel, 1885

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.784254° to 14.633°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guatemala (type locality), Mexico.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Lectotype of Camponotus montivagusWorker. Specimen code casent0910424. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • montivagus. Camponotus nitidus r. montivagus Forel, 1885a: 347 (w.s.) GUATEMALA.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272;
    • combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Snelling, R.R. 1988: 57;
    • combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118; Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.
    • Subspecies of nitidus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 245 (footnote).
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1896d 375 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 154; Emery, 1925b: 118; Kempf, 1972a: 47; Brandão, 1991: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 112; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328 (redescription).
    • Senior synonym of nuperus: Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.
  • nuperus. Camponotus nitidus var. nuperus Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 58 (s.w.q.) MEXICO (Hidalgo).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118.
    • Subspecies of montivagus: Emery, 1925b: 118; Kempf, 1972a: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
    • Junior synonym of montivagus: Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.

Description

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 243, Raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 118, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
  • Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 347, worker, soldier described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myramblys))
  • Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30: 319-334 (page 328, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
  • Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30: 319-334 (page 328, Senior synonym of nuperus)
  • Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. (page 57, Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis))
  • Snelling, R.R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36: 599-611.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
  • Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Mackay, W.P. and E.E. Mackay. 1997. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30(3):319-333
  • Quiroz Robledo L. N., and J. E. Valenzuela Gonzalez. 1993. Contribucion al conocimiento de la mirmecofauna del estado de Hidalgo, Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). En: Villavicencio-Nieto (ed) Flora y Fauna del Estado de Hidalgo. Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo. p. 340-393. ISBN 968-63 40-36-X
  • Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133