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Camponotus andrei
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| 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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| Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 24.03333° to 19.498812°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico (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. |
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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).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Mexico: (no further data).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Note: Forel says “Musée de Lyon”, so perhaps syntypes also there.]
- 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.
- Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus cholericus.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 85, catalogue)
- Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 154, combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
- 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 343, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Varela-Hernández, F., Medel-Zosayas, B., Martínez-Luque, E.O., Jones, R.W., De la Mora, A. 2020. Biodiversity in central Mexico: Assessment of ants in a convergent region. Southwestern Entomologist 454: 673-686.
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