Camponotus atriceps nocens

Camponotus atriceps nocens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. atriceps
Subspecies:	C. atriceps nocens
Trinomial name
Camponotus atriceps nocens Wheeler, W.M., 1911

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 12.116667° to 12.016667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Grenada (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• nocens. Camponotus abdominalis subsp. nocens Wheeler, W.M. 1911b: 171 (s.w.q.) GRENADA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 2 syntype queens.
  • Type-localities: Grenada: Grand Etang, 1910 (C.T. Brues) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 60; no lectotype designated), Grenada: Richmond Hill, 1910 (C.T. Brues).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
  • Subspecies of abdominalis: Emery, 1925b: 108; Kempf, 1972a: 60; Hashmi, 1973: 120 (status uncertain); Brandão, 1991: 336.
  • Subspecies of atriceps: Bolton, 1995b: 114.
  • Distribution: Grenada.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 108, Combination in C. (Myrmothrix))
• Hashmi, A. A. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical ant subgenus Myrmothrix of genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 1-140 (page 120, Status uncertain: currently subspecies of atriceps, see under abdominalis and atriceps)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1911b. Ants collected in Grenada, W. I. by Mr. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 54: 167-172 (page 171, soldier, worker, queen described)