Camponotus cressoni

Camponotus cressoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. cressoni
Binomial name
	Camponotus cressoni; André, 1887 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Camponotus cressoni purensis Forel, 1912;

Three major and three minor workers (No. 279) taken by Dr. Skwarra at Mirador, Vera Cruz in dead stems of Heliocarpus, lying on the ground. (Wheeler 1934)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -2.916666667° to -12.85291667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

cressoni. Camponotus cressoni André, 1887: 282 (s.w.) MEXICO (no state data).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Mexico: (no further data) (G.B. Cresson).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- [Misspelled as ressoni by Borgmeier, 1927c: 153.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90;
- combination in C. (Paracolobopsis): Emery, 1920b: 259;
- combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 207.
- Status as species: Emery, 1890b: 57; Dalla Torre, 1893: 227; Emery, 1894k: 62; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 151; Emery, 1903: 67; Emery, 1925b: 154; Borgmeier, 1927c: 153; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 207; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 94; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 757.
- Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus purensis.

Description

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).
André, E. 1887. Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 6: 280-298 (page 282, soldier, worker described)
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. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 259, Combination in C. (Paracolobopsis))
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 153, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 90, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 207, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Emery C. 1890. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 22: 38-8
Emery C. 1894. Estudios sobre las hormigas de Costa Rica. Anales del Museo Nacional de Costa Rica 1888-1889: 45-64.
Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133