Camponotus atra

Camponotus atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. atra
Binomial name
	Camponotus atra; (Buckley, 1866)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

atra. Formica atra Buckley, 1866: 159 (w.) U.S.A. (District of Columbia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: U.S.A.: vic. Washington, D.C. (S.B. Buckley).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica atra Zetterstedt, 1838: 450 (Bolton, 1995b: 86).]
- Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1895c: 337; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 20.
- Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 255; Dalla Torre, 1893: 193.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Formicinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1467;
- unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Camponotus: Emery, 1895c: 337; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 20; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 846; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 161; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
- [Note: Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 28, and Emery, 1925b: 117, suggest synonymy with caryae (Bolton, 1995b: 86).]
- Distribution: U.S.A.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
Buckley, S. B. 1866. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 152-172 (page 160, worker described)
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).
Cardoso Neto, J.A., Leal, L.C., Baccaro, F.B. 2019. Temporal and spatial gradients of humidity shape the occurrence and the behavioral manipulation of ants infected by entomopathogenic fungi in Central Amazon. Fungal Ecology 42, 100871 (doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100871).
de Bekker, C., Will, I., Das, B., Adams, R.M.M. 2018. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their parasites: effects of parasitic manipulations and host responses on ant behavioral ecology. Myrmecological News 28: 1-24 (doi:10.25849/myrmecol.news_028:001).
Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 337, unrecognisable taxon; incertae sedis in Camponotus)
Laciny, A. 2021. Among the shapeshifters: parasite-induced morphologies in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and their relevance within the EcoEvoDevo framework. EvoDevo 12, 2 (doi:10.1186/s13227-021-00173-2).
Pazmiño-Palomino, A., Troya, A. 2022. Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 66(2):e20210089 (doi:10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0089).
Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci. 4: 17-31 (page 20, unrecognisable taxon; incertae sedis in Cam*Yanoviak, S.P., Frederick, D.N. 2014. Water surface locomotion in tropical canopy ants. Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 2163–2170 (doi:10.1242/jeb.101600).

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