Camponotus alacer
Camponotus alacer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. alacer |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus alacer Forel, 1912 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -22.908° to -22.908°.
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
Images from AntWeb
Lectotype of Camponotus alacer. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910345. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Paralectotype of Camponotus alacer. Worker. Specimen code casent0910346. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.
- alacer. Camponotus alacer Forel, 1912i: 76 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (E.A. Goeldi).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1914a: 268;
- combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Kempf, 1972a: 65.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
- 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 84, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 76, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 268, combination in C. (Myrmothrix))
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 65, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).