Camponotus bakeri

Camponotus bakeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. bakeri
Binomial name
Camponotus bakeri Wheeler, W.M., 1904 Specimen Label

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.974117° to 32.91667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (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.

• bakeri. Camponotus hyatti var. bakeri Wheeler, W.M. 1904d: 271 (w.q.) U.S.A. (California).
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens.
  • Type-locality: U.S.A.: California, Catalina I., 1904 (C.F. Baker).
  • Type-depository: AMNH.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 119.
  • Subspecies of hyatti: Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 346 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 572; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 557; Emery, 1925b: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 40; Creighton, 1950a: 387; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 844; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1432.
  • Status as species: Snelling, R.R. 1985: 24; Snelling, R.R. 1988: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 87; Ward, 2005: 62.
  • Distribution: U.S.A.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 87, catalogue)
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 387, subspecies of hyatti)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 119, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420. (page 844, subspecies of hyatti )
• Snelling, R. R. 1985. [Untitled. Camponotus bakeri Wheeler 1904 (elevated from subspecies of C. hyatti).] P. 24 in: Miller, S. E. The California Channel Islands - past, present and future: an entomological perspective. Pp. 3-28 in: Menke, A. S., Miller (page 24, raised to species)
• Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. (page 60, raised to species)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1904e. Ants from Catalina Island, California. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20: 269-271 (page 271, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Backlin, Adam R., Sara L. Compton, Zsolt B. Kahancza and Robert N. Fisher. 2005. Baseline Biodiversity Survey for Santa Catalina Island. Catalina Island Conservancy. 1-45.
• Snelling, R.R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). pages 55-XX in J. Trager, editor, Advances in Myrmecology
• Wheeler W. M. 1910. The North American ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20: 295-354.
• Wheeler W. M. 1917. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52: 457-569.