Camponotus circularis
Camponotus circularis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. circularis |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus circularis Mayr, 1870 | |
Subspecies | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Camponotus circularis. Worker. Specimen code casent0910727. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- circularis. Camponotus circularis Mayr, 1870a: 380, pl., fig. 2 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Colombia (“New Granada”): (no further data) (Lindig).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1920b: 260;
- combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 271; Emery, 1920c: 44.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 225; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Emery, 1920c: 44; Emery, 1925b: 165; Brown, 1957e: 237; Kempf, 1972a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 92.
- Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus rufitibia.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1957. Biological investigations in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. 4. Ants from Laguna Ocotal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116: 228-237.
- Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Maes, J.-M. and W.P. MacKay. 1993. Catalogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 23.