Camponotus atlantis maroccanus

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Camponotus atlantis maroccanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. atlantis
Subspecies: C. atlantis maroccanus
Trinomial name
Camponotus atlantis maroccanus
Emery, 1925

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.691111° to 31.483333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

  • maroccanus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) atlantis var. maroccana Emery, 1925b: 91.
    • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. atlantis var. maroccana Emery, 1908a: 202 (s.w.) ALGERIA, MOROCCO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Algeria and Morocco (no further data).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Misspelled as marocana by Emery, 1920c: 7.]
    • Santschi, 1929e: 159 (q.).
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 7.
    • Subspecies of atlantis: Santschi, 1929e: 159; Bolton, 1995b: 110.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Morocco.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 91, soldier, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 69: 138-165 (page 159, queen described)