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Camponotus beebei
| Camponotus beebei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. beebei |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana (type locality), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
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. |
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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.
- beebei. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) beebei Wheeler, W.M. 1918b: 27 (w.) GUYANA.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Bartica Dist., nr Penal Settlement, 15-20.ix.1917 (C.W. Beebe).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- [Misspelled as bebei by Emery, 1925b: 163.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 22.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 16; Emery, 1925b: 163; Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Distribution: Guyana, Trinidad.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
- Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918b. Ants collected in British Guiana by Mr. C. William Beebe. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 26: 23-28 (page 27, worker described)
- Wilson, E. O. 1965a. Trail sharing in ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 72:2-7. [1965-06-25]
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16.
- Wilson E. O. 1965. Trail sharing in ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 72: 2-7.