Camponotus depressiceps

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Camponotus depressiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. depressiceps
Binomial name
Camponotus depressiceps
Forel, 1879

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • depressiceps. Camponotus depressiceps Forel, 1879a: 106, pl. 1, fig. 2 (q.) BRAZIL (no state data).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data) (ex coll. H. de Saussure).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmomalis): Forel, 1914a: 271.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 228; Forel, 1895b: 102; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 169; Borgmeier, 1927c: 160; Kempf, 1972a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1879a. Études myrmécologiques en 1879 (deuxième partie [1re partie en 1878]). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 16: 53-128 (page 106, pl. 1, fig. 2 queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmomalis))