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Camponotus falco
| Camponotus falco | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. falco |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus falco Forel, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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.
- falco. Camponotus falco Forel, 1902b: 175 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: syntype minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, San Antonio, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1914a: 270;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Emery, 1920b: 259;
- combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 98; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 758.
- Distribution: Colombia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, 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. (Myrmamblys))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 155, combination in C. (Myrmaphaneus))
- Forel, A. 1902b. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 170-182 (page 175, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, combination in C. (Myrmocamelus))