Camponotus brevis obscurifrons

Camponotus brevis obscurifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. brevis
Subspecies:	C. brevis obscurifrons
Trinomial name
Camponotus brevis obscurifrons Santschi, 1936

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Panama (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.

• obscurifrons. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brevis var. obscurifrons Santschi, 1936b: 216 (s.w.q.m.) PANAMA (Barro Colorado I.).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Panama: Barro Colorado I., 20.vii.1924, no. 114 (G.C. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 194 (l.).
  • Subspecies of brevis: Kempf, 1972a: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
  • Distribution: Panama.

References

• Santschi, F. 1936b. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Amérique du Sud. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 6: 196-218 (page 216, queen described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953e. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 46: 175-217 (page 194, larva described)