Camponotus discolor

Camponotus discolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. discolor
Binomial name
Camponotus discolor (Buckley, 1866) Specimen labels

Photo Gallery

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  Caste in the carpenter ant Camponotus discolor: male (left), queen (right), worker (bottom). Louisiana, USA. Photo by Alex Wild.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 46.62174° to 25.673211°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (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

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0103670. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Queen

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103669. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ABS, Lake Placid, FL, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• discolor. Formica discolor Buckley, 1866: 166 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Texas).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: U.S.A.: Central Texas (S.B. Buckley).
  • Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist (Creighton, 1950a: 386)).
  • Emery, 1893i: 678 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 230 (s.).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1886c: 365;
  • combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 117.
  • Junior synonym of marginatus: Mayr, 1886d: 423; Cresson, 1887: 256; Pergande, 1893: 28.
  • Subspecies of marginatus: Mayr, 1886c: 365; Dalla Torre, 1893: 242; Emery, 1893i: 677; Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 23.
  • Subspecies of fallax: Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 342; Wheeler, W.M. 1910f: 230 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 572; Wheeler, W.M. 1913c: 117; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 558.
  • Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 28; Emery, 1925b: 117; Smith, M.R. 1931a: 22; Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G. 1940: 103; Buren, 1944a: 294; Creighton, 1950a: 386; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 844; Smith, M.R. 1967: 367; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1431.
  • Status as species: Snelling, R.R. 1988: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 96; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Coovert, 2005: 170; Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 89; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; MacGown, et al. 2007: 16; Deyrup, 2017: 188.
  • Distribution: Canada, U.S.A.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 96, catalogue)
• Buckley, S. B. 1866. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 152-172 (page 166, worker, queen described)
• Carroll, T.M. 2011. The ants of Indiana (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). M.S. thesis, Purdue University.
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 386, subspecies of caryae)
• Emery, C. 1893k. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 7: 633-682 (page 678, male described, page 677, revived from synonymy as subspecies of marginatus)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 117, Combination in C. (Myrnentoma))
• Ipser, R.M., Brinkman, M.A., Gardner, W.A., Peeler, H.B. 2004. A survey of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Georgia. Florida Entomologist 87: 253-260.
• Ivanov, K. 2019. The ants of Ohio (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): an updated checklist. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 70: 65–87 (doi:10.3897@jhr.70.35207).
• MacGown, J.A., Booher, D., Richter, H., Wetterer, J.K., Hill, J.G. 2021. An updated list of ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with new state records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147: 961-981 (doi:10.3157/061.147.0409).
• Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 353-368 (page 365, Combination in Camponotus)
• Mayr, G. 1886d. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 419-464 (page 423, junior synonym of marginatus)
• Oswalt, D.A. 2007. Nesting and foraging characteristics of the black carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus DeGeer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ph.D. thesis, Clemson University.
• Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. (page 68, revived status as species)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1910i. The North American forms of Camponotus fallax Nylander. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 18: 216-232 (page 230, soldier described, subspecies of fallax)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 558, subspecies of fallax)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917c. The North American ants described by Asa Fitch. Psyche (Camb.) 24: 26-29 (page 28, subspecies of caryae)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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