Camponotus compressus occipitalis

Camponotus compressus occipitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. compressus
Subspecies:	C. compressus occipitalis
Trinomial name
Camponotus compressus occipitalis Stitz, 1917

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 26.433333° to 26.433333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

• occipitalis. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus r. occipitalis Stitz, 1917: 352, fig. 14 (s.w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “a few”).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Amgid, 17.ii.1914 (G. von Schweppenburg).
  • Type-depository: MNHU.
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 98.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1920c: 6.
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Santschi, 1925g: 359.
  • Subspecies of compressus: Emery, 1925b: 98; Santschi, 1939d: 80; Bernard, 1953a: 189; Bolton, 1995b: 115.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

References

• Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 (page 189, Subspecies of compressus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 98, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 98, Subspecies of compressus)
• Santschi, F. 1939d. Notes sur des Camponotus et autres fourmis de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 19: 66-87 (page 80, Subspecies of compressus)
• Stitz, H. 1917. Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 8: 333-353 (page 352, fig. 14 worker described)