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Camponotus frontalis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. frontalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus frontalis Pergande, 1896
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 21.517° to 21.517°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: 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. |
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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
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| Worker. Specimen code castype00603. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- frontalis. Camponotus frontalis Pergande, 1896: 862 (s.w.) MEXICO (Nayarit).
- Type-material: 2 syntype major workers, 15 syntype minor workers.
- Type-locality: Mexico: Nayarit, Tepic, x.-xi.1894 (G. Eisen & Vaslit).
- Type-depository: USNM.
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
- combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155.
- Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 150; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 572; Emery, 1925b: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 100.
- Distribution: Mexico.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 155, combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, combination in C. (Myrmamblys))
- Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 858-896 (page 862, soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Pergande, T. 1895. Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Ser. 2 :850-896
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133