Camponotus brasiliensis chacoensis

Camponotus brasiliensis chacoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. brasiliensis
Subspecies:	C. brasiliensis chacoensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus brasiliensis chacoensis Santschi, 1919

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -31.632389° to -31.632389°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (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.

• chacoensis. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brasiliensis var. chacoensis Santschi, 1919f: 56 (s.w.) ARGENTINA (Santa Fe, Formosa).
  • Type-material: 3 syntype major workers, 1 syntype minor worker.
  • Type-localities: 1 major, 1 minor worker Argentina: Santa Fe chaco, Las Garzas, banks of Las Garzas River, 20 km. from Ocampo, 1903 (E. Wagner) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 50; no lectotype designated), 2 major workers Argentina, Formosa chaco, Laishi (J. Zurflüh).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of crassus: Emery, 1925b: 163.
  • Subspecies of brasiliensis: Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 91.
  • Distribution: Argentina.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
• Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 87: 37-57 (page 56, soldier, worker described)