Camponotus crassus amazonicus

Camponotus crassus amazonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. crassus
Subspecies:	C. crassus amazonicus
Trinomial name
Camponotus crassus amazonicus Santschi, 1922

Distribution

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.

Nomenclature

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

• amazonicus. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) crassus st. amazonicus Santschi, 1922c: 122, fig. 3 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Bahia).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Bahia, Ilheus (E. Garbe).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Misspelled as amazonensis by Emery, 1925b: 163, Borgmeier, 1927c: 157, and others.]
  • Subspecies of crassus: Emery, 1925b: 163; Borgmeier, 1927c: 157; Santschi, 1939f: 167; Kusnezov, 1952d: 208; Kempf, 1972a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 85.
  • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela.

References

• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 85, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 163, misspelled amazonensis)
• Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 122, fig. 3 soldier, worker described)