Camponotus arboreus

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Camponotus arboreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. arboreus
Binomial name
Camponotus arboreus
(Smith, F., 1858)

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Schmid et al. (2014) found this ant nesting in infructescences (the stem and remains of buds and fruits above the level of the water reservoir in the rosette) of the bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.631944444° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay.

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.

  • arboreus. Formica arborea Smith, F. 1858b: 44 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • [Note: Smith, F. 1858b: 45, says “several specimens… in Museum Collection”, and that one specimen is labelled “Island of Morajo, Brazil” (=Pará, Marajó I.).]
    • Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 666;
    • combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Kempf, 1965: 186.
    • Junior synonym of femoratus: Forel, 1908c: 404.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1862b: 29; Mayr, 1862: 666 (redescription); Roger, 1863b: 5, 44; Mayr, 1863: 398; Dalla Torre, 1893: 222; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 134; Emery, 1925b: 171; Borgmeier, 1927c: 161; Kempf, 1965: 186; Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 86; Wild, 2007b: 27; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 752.
    • Senior synonym of adpressisetosus: Kempf, 1965: 186; Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
    • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay.
  • adpressisetosus. Camponotus adpressisetosus Forel, 1879a: 101 (s.) BRAZIL (Bahia).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype major workers.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Bahia (no collector’s name) (ex coll. H. de Saussure).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Mann, 1916: 480 (w.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 270.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 220; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1904d: 177; Forel, 1912i: 79; Mann, 1916: 480 (redescription); Emery, 1925b: 162; Borgmeier, 1927c: 156.
    • Junior synonym of arboreus: Kempf, 1965: 186; Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 84.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Antoniazzi R., R. N. S. L. Garoo, W. Dattilo, S. P. Ribeiro, and F. S. Neves. 2019. Ant species richness and interactions in canopies of two distinct successional stages in a tropical dry forest. The Science of Nature 106: 20
  • Costa-Milanez C. B., G. Lourenco-Silva, P. T. A. Castro, J. D. Majer, and S. P. Ribeiro. 2014. Are ant assemblages of Brazilian veredas characterised by location or habitat type? Braz. J. Biol. 74(1): 89-99.
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  • Fleck M. D., E. Bisognin Cantarelli, and F. Granzotto. 2015. Register of new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Rio Grande do Sul state. Ciencia Florestal, Santa Maria 25(2): 491-499.
  • Gallego-Ropero M.C., R.M. Feitosa & J.R. Pujol-Luz, 2013. Formigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Associadas a Ninhos de Cornitermes cumulans Kollar (Isoptera, Termitidae) no Cerrado do Planalto Central do Brasil. EntomoBrasilis, 6(1): 97-101.
  • Gomes E. C. F., G. T. Ribeiro, T. M. S. Souza, and L. Sousa-Souto. 2014. Ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in three different stages of forest regeneration in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in Sergipe, Brazil. Sociobiology 61(3): 250-257.
  • Kempf W. W. 1965. Nota preliminar sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas, descritas por Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 25: 181-186.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
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  • Neves F. S., R. F. Braga, M. M. do Espirito-Santo, J. H. C. Delabie, G. Wilson Fernandes, and G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa. 2010. Diversity of Arboreal Ants In a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest: Effects Of Seasonality and Successional Stage. Sociobiology 56(1): 1-18.
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  • Ribas C. R., J. H. Schoereder, M. Pic, and S. M. Soares. 2003. Tree heterogeneity, resource availability, and larger scale processes regulating arboreal ant species richness. Austral Ecology 28(3): 305-314.
  • Ribas C. R., and J. H. Shoereder. 2007. Ant communities, environmental characteristics and their implications for conservation in the Brazilian Pantanal. Biodivers. Conserv. 16: 1511-1520.
  • Schmid V. S., S. Langner, J. Steiner, and A. Zillikens. 2014. Inflorescences of the Bromeliad Vriesea friburgensis as Nest Sites and Food Resources for Ants and Other Arthropods in Brazil. Psyche http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/396095
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