Camponotus compositor

Camponotus compositor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. compositor
Binomial name
Camponotus compositor Santschi, 1922 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.81972° to -10.7481°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (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.

• compositor. Camponotus (Neomyrmamblys) compositor Santschi, 1922c: 111 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “several nests”).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Alcatrazes Is (H. Luederwaldt).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 155; Borgmeier, 1927c: 152; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
  • Distribution: Brazil.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 155, combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
• Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 111, soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Santschi F. 1922. Camponotus néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 62: 97-124.