Camponotus cingulatus

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Camponotus cingulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. cingulatus
Binomial name
Camponotus cingulatus
Mayr, 1862

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

De Oliveira et al. (2015) found three colonies of C. cingulatus opportunistically nesting in Cecropia trees (southwest Bahia, Brazil) while Fagundes et al. (2010) found it nesting in bamboo.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to -30.624°.

     
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay, Uruguay.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Koch et al. (2018) sampled this species in Caryocar barsiliense trees, in southeastern Brazil cerrado, as part of a study examining species interactions in ant-plants.

Brown & Fenner (1998) report this species being raided by the army ant Nomamyrmex esenbeckii at Itatiaia, Brazil.

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus bispinosus (a parasite) (phorid.net) (attacked).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus elizaldae (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Diocophora disparifrons (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Diocopbora disparifrons (a parasite) in Brazil (Borgmeier, 1959; Brown & Fenner, 1998).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Diocophora disparifrons (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Pseudacteon borgmeieri (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Flight Period

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Source: Kaspari et al., 2001.

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Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0173403. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.
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Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0173404. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • cingulatus. Camponotus cingulatus Mayr, 1862: 661 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • [Notes (i): Hashmi, 1973: 32, cites 2w, 1q syntypes; (ii) the queen is not mentioned in the original description. Hashmi says the queen is labelled Blumenau, 1885 (Hetschko); it is therefore not type-material.]
    • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data).
    • Type-depositories: MNHU, NHMW.
    • Forel, 1879a: 73 (s.); Hashmi, 1973: 41 (q.); Mariano, et al. 2001: 269 (k.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1914a: 268.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Bruch, 1914: 229 (error); Luederwaldt, 1918: 49.
    • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1863: 398; Emery, 1878a: ix (in list); Forel, 1879a: 73; Dalla Torre, 1893: 225; Forel, 1895b: 102; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1906c: 188; Forel, 1907e: 10; Forel, 1908c: 406; Forel, 1908e: 62; Santschi, 1922c: 109; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Eidmann, 1936b: 95; Kempf, 1972a: 61; Hashmi, 1973: 31 (redescription); Zolessi, et al. 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92; Wild, 2007b: 27, 48.
    • Senior synonym of bambusarum: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Senior synonym of brunneiventris: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Senior synonym of damocles: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Senior synonym of fissa: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Senior synonym of lessonai: Wild, 2007b: 48.
    • Senior synonym of myster: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Material of the unavailable name postniger referred here by Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
    • Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay.
  • bambusarum. Camponotus cingulatus var. bambusarum Forel, 1902b: 176 (in text) (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • [Note: Hashmi, 1973: 32, cites 1w major, 5w minor, 2q syntypes MHNG.]
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (E.A. Göldi).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Misspelled as bambousarum by Santschi, 1922c: 109.]
    • Santschi, 1922c: 109 (s.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
    • Subspecies of cingulatus: Santschi, 1922c: 109; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
    • Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
  • brunneiventris. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) cingulatus var. brunneiventris Santschi, 1920e: 125 (w.) BOLIVIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Bolivia: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, vii.1917 (C. Lizer & L. Delétang).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Also described as new by Santschi, 1922c: 109.]
    • Subspecies of cingulatus: Santschi, 1925d: 245; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
    • Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 90.
  • damocles. Camponotus cingulatus var. damocles Forel, 1909a: 264 (s.w.m.) PARAGUAY.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype male.
    • [Note: Hashmi, 1973: 32, cites 1w major, 1w minor syntypes.]
    • Type-locality: Paraguay: San Bernardino (K.A.G. Fiebrig).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Luederwaldt, 1918: 50.
    • Subspecies of cingulatus: Forel, 1911c: 310; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
    • Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
  • fissa. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) cingulatus var. fissa Stitz, 1933: 72, fig. 4 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis, i.1905 (S. Ohaus).
    • Type-depository: unknown.
    • [Note: holotype originally in Hamburg Museum, probably destroyed in World War II.]
    • Subspecies of cingulatus: Kempf, 1972a: 61.
    • Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 99.
  • lessonai. Camponotus rufipes subsp. lessonai Emery, 1894e: 3 (s.w.) PARAGUAY.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Paraguay: Asuncion (A. Borelli) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 62; no lectotype designated), Paraguay: San Pedro (A. Borelli).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 109.
    • Subspecies of rufipes: Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 109; Santschi, 1929d: 314 (in key); Kusnezov, 1952d: 220; Kempf, 1972a: 62; Brandão, 1991: 336.
    • Status as species: Hashmi, 1973: 129; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
    • Junior synonym of cingulatus: Wild, 2007b: 48.
  • myster. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) cingulatus var. myster Santschi, 1922c: 109 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
    • Type-material: 3 syntype major and minor workers.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (H. Luederwaldt).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of cingulatus: Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 149; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
    • Junior synonym of cingulatus: Hashmi, 1973: 31; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 112.

Description

Karyotype

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  • n = 20, 2n = 40, karyotype = 4M+36A (Brazil) (Mariano et al., 2001; Aguiar et al., 2017).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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