Camponotus alboannulatus nessus

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Camponotus alboannulatus nessus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. alboannulatus
Subspecies: C. alboannulatus nessus
Trinomial name
Camponotus alboannulatus nessus
Forel, 1912

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.908° to -22.908°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nessus. Camponotus alboannulatus r. nessus Forel, 1912i: 81 (s.w.q.m.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Colonia Alpina (E.A. Goeldi) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 62; no lectotype designated), Brazil: vic. Rio de Janeiro (E.A. Goeldi), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Alto da Serra (H. von Ihering).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 157.
    • Subspecies of alboannulatus: Luederwaldt, 1918: 49; Emery, 1925b: 157; Borgmeier, 1927c: 154; Kempf, 1972a: 62; Bolton, 1995b: 113.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 157, Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis))
  • Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 81, soldier, worker, queen, male described)