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Camponotus decessor
| Camponotus decessor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. decessor |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus decessor Forel, 1908 | |
Identification
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- decessor. Camponotus emeryodicatus subsp. decessor Forel, 1908c: 413 (w.q.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo (F.E. Lutz).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmomalis): Emery, 1925b: 169;
- combination in C. (Myrmobrachys?): Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 758.
- Subspecies of emeryodicatus: Forel, 1911c: 310; Luederwaldt, 1918: 51; Emery, 1925b: 169; Borgmeier, 1927c: 160; Kempf, 1972a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
- Status as species: Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 758.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 169, combination in C. (Myrmomalis))
- Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 413, worker, queen described)
- Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E. 2019. Género Camponotus. Capítulo 26 (pp. 743-789). In Fernández, F., Guerrero, R.J. & Delsinne, T. (eds). Hormigas de Colombia: 1198 pp. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C.