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Camponotus brullei
| Camponotus brullei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. brullei |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus brullei (Smith, F., 1858) | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° to 28.15°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands (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. |
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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.
- carinata. Formica carinata Brullé, 1840: 84 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
- [Junior primary homonym of Formica carinata Fabricius, 1804: 413 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908a: 195; Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 99; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 114; Wellenius, 1955: 13; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 189.
- Junior synonym of maculatus: Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 27; Emery & Forel, 1879: 448; Forel, 1886f: 143; Forel, 1891b: 24.
- Junior synonym of thoracicus: Forel, 1905b: 180.
- Subspecies of cognatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 225.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1893c: 85; Emery, 1894i: 46; Emery, 1895h: 46; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1905d: 33.
- Subspecies of compressus: Santschi, 1939d: 82; Barquin Diez, 1981: 386; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 161.
- Status as species: Cagniant, 1996b: 99.
- Replacement name: Formica brullei Smith, F. 1858b: 35.
- [Note: this valid replacement name, although proposed long ago, appears to have been mostly ignored by later authors (Bolton, 1995b: 91).]
- brullei. Formica brullei Smith, F. 1858b: 35.
- Replacement name for Formica carinata Brullé, 1840: 84. [Junior primary homonym of Formica carinata Fabricius, 1804: 413.]
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2.
- Subspecies of compressus: Santschi, 1939d: 82 (as carinata); Bolton, 1995b: 89.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 412; Roger, 1863b: 2, 44; Cagniant, 1996b: 99 (as carinata); Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Borowiec, L. 2014: 28.
- [Note: brullei is incorrectly in Dalla Torre, 1893: 225, as a junior synonym of carinata.]
Description
References
- Ajerrar, A., Bouharroud, R., Zaafrani, M., Aabd, N.A., Qessaoui, R., Bahadou, H., Mayad, E.H., Tahiri, A., Chebli, B. 2020. Ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argane (Argania spinosa, L) ecosystem: Response to grazing impact. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 9: 90-97.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Brullé, G. A. 1840. Insectes. Pp. 53-95 in: Webb, P. B., Berthelot, S. Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Vol. 2. (deuxième partie - Entomologie). Paris: Mellier, 119 pp. (page 84, replaced name)
- Cagniant, H. 1996b. Les Camponotus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N.S.) 32: 87-100 (page 99, Revived status as species (as carinata))
- Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp. (page 413, junior primary homonym of Formica carinata)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 2, combination in Camponotus)
- Santschi, F. 1939d. Notes sur des Camponotus et autres fourmis de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 19: 66-87 (page 82, subspecies of compressus (as carinata))
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 35, replacement name for Formica carinata)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Barquín, J. Las hormigas de Canarias. Taxonomia, ecologia y distribucion de los Formicidae In Secretariado de publicaciones de la Universidad de La Laguna, Colección Monografías Nº 3. Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 1981.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. "Les Camponotus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): clé et catalogue des espèces." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 32 (1996): 87-100.
- Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
- Wellenius, O. H. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.
- Wheeler, W. M. "The ants of the Canary Islands." Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62 (1927): 93-120.