Camponotus cameroni

Camponotus cameroni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. cameroni
Binomial name
Camponotus cameroni Forel, 1892 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Camponotus mayri Cameron, 1891

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.4° to -28.4°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Ecuador (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

• mayri. Camponotus mayri Cameron, 1891: 89, fig. (w.) ECUADOR.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Ecuador: Bodegas, sea level (E. Whymper).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879a: 92.]
  • Replacement name: Camponotus cameroni Forel, 1892f: 256.
• cameroni. Camponotus cameroni Forel, 1892f: 256.
  • Replacement name for Camponotus mayri Cameron, 1891: 89. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879a: 92.]
  • Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 270.
  • Subspecies of senex: Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list).
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Forel, 1914a: 270; Bruch, 1914: 228; Emery, 1925b: 163; Kempf, 1972a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 90; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28 (error); Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 111; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 755.
  • [Note: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 28, record this Neotropical species from China.]
  • Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 90, catalogue)
• Cameron, P. 1891. Appendix. Hym. Formicidae. Pp. 89-95 in: Whymper, E. Travels amongst the Great Andes. London: J. Murray, xxii + 147 pp. (page 89, replacement name for mayri Cameron, 1891.)
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 377, subspecies of senex)
• Forel, A. 1879a. Études myrmécologiques en 1879 (deuxième partie [1re partie en 1878]). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 16: 53-128 (page 92, Junior primary homonym of mayri Forel, 1879.)
• Forel, A. 1892f. Critique de: Peter Cameron. Hemenoptera [sic], Formicidae; Extracted from supplementary appendix to Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edw. Whymper. London 1891. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36: 255-256 (page 256, replacement name for mayri Cameron, 1891.)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, revived status as species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Adams B. J., S. A. Schnitzer, and S. P. Yanoviak. 2019. Connectivity explains local ant community structure in a Neotropical forest canopy: a large-scale experimental approach. Ecology 100(6): e02673.
• Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
• Branstetter M. G. and L. Sáenz. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano E. B. and J. C. Schuster. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp
• Cameron P. 1891. Appendix. Hym. Formicidae. Pp. 89-95 in: Whymper, E. Travels amongst the Great Andes. London: J. Murray, xxii + 147 pp.
• Collingwood C. A., and A. van Harten. 2001. Additions to the Ant Fauna of Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Buchreihe zur Entomologie 8: 559-568
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).