Camponotus andrei

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

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 24.03333° to 19.498812°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

  • andrei. Camponotus andrei Forel, 1885a: 343 (s.w.) MEXICO (no state data).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
    • combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 154.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 150; Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 59; Emery, 1925b: 154; Kempf, 1972a: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 85.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus cholericus.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Creighton W. S. 1969. Studies on Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) andrei Forel. American Museum Novitates 2393: 1-6.
  • Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
  • Maes, J.-M. and W.P. MacKay. 1993. Catalogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 23.
  • Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133