Camponotus coriolanus

Camponotus coriolanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. coriolanus
Binomial name
Camponotus coriolanus Forel, 1912 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Camponotus scrobifer Borgmeier, 1928

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -4.1° to -24°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: 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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code jtlc000000442. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by JTLC.

Nomenclature

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

• coriolanus. Camponotus (Colobopsis?) coriolanus Forel, 1912i: 84 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Colonia Alpina (E.A. Goeldi) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 43; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Alto da Serra (E.A. Goeldi).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Hypercolobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 160.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 160; Borgmeier, 1927c: 155; Kempf, 1968b: 410; Kempf, 1972a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 94; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 756.
  • Senior synonym of scrobifer: Kempf, 1968b: 410; Kempf, 1972a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 94.
  • Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica.
• scrobifer. Camponotus (Neocolobopsis) scrobifer Borgmeier, 1928b: 66, figs. 2-4 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
  • Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 5 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Guarajá (E São Paulo), 28.viii.1910 (H. von Ihering).
  • Type-depository: MZSP.
  • [Camponotus scrobifer Borgmeier, 1927c: 155. Nomen nudum.]
  • Junior synonym of coriolanus: Kempf, 1968b: 410; Kempf, 1972a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 123.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 94, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 160, combination in C. (Hypercolobopsis))
• Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 84, worker described)
• Kempf, W. W. 1968b. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 11: 369-415 (page 410, senior synonym of scrobifer)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borgmeier T. 1928. Algumas formigas do Museo Paulista. Boletim Biológico. Laboratório de Parasitologia. Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo 12: 55-70.
• Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 20: 59-92.
• Kempf W. W. 1968. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 11: 369-415.
• 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).