Camponotus conspicuus sharpi

Camponotus conspicuus sharpi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. conspicuus
Subspecies:	C. conspicuus sharpi
Trinomial name
Camponotus conspicuus sharpi Forel, 1893

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.3975° to 12.078°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Grenada, Mexico.

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.

• sharpi. Camponotus sharpi Forel, 1893g: 335 (s.w.q.m.) ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (St Vincent).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: St Vincent & the Grenadines: St Vincent I., nr Lot 14 Estate, 500 ft, v., no. 1a (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., nr Wallibou, 9.x., no. 1b (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., Forest at Morne Garou, 1500 ft, 27.x., no. 1c (H.H. Smith), St Vincent I., Fitz Hugh Valley, 500 ft, xi., no. 1d (H.H. Smith).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 80.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list).
  • Subspecies of abdominalis: Forel, 1899c: 133; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 133.
  • Subspecies of conspicuus: Santschi, 1922c: 101; Emery, 1925b: 80; Kempf, 1972a: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 124.
  • Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico, St Vincent.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 80, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1893j. Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent, récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1893: 333-418 (page 335, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
• Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 105-136 (page 133, Race of abdominalis)
• Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 101, Race of co*Wetterer, J.K. 2021. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of St. Vincent, West Indies. Sociobiology 68, e6725 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i2.6725).

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