Camponotus capperi subdepilis

Camponotus capperi subdepilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. capperi
Subspecies:	C. capperi subdepilis
Trinomial name
Camponotus capperi subdepilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Jamaica (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.

• subdepilis. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) capperi subsp. subdepilis Wheeler, W.M. 1917g: 470.
  • [First available use of Camponotus capperi subsp. corticalis var. subdepilis Wheeler, W.M. 1908b: 163 (s.w.) JAMAICA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 7 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: Jamiaca: Port Antonio, 3.v.(1906?) (A.E. Wight).
  • Type-depository: AMNH (perhaps also MCZC).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 156.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1911a: 29.
  • Subspecies of capperi: Emery, 1925b: 156; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
  • Distribution: Jamaica.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 156, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917g. Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 457-471 (page 470, soldier, worker described)