Camponotus fumidus imbecillus

Camponotus fumidus imbecillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. fumidus
Subspecies:	C. fumidus imbecillus
Trinomial name
Camponotus fumidus imbecillus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 Specimen Label

A Haitian endemic known only from the type workers (four majors and four minors).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.56° to 19.56°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Haiti (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

Known only from the worker caste.

Worker

Minor

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Nomenclature

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

• imbecillus. Camponotus fumidus var. imbecillus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 52 (s.w.) HAITI.
  • Type-material: 4 syntype major workers, 4 syntype minor workers.
  • Type-locality: Haiti: Grande Rivière, 1912-13 (W.M. Mann).]
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 80.
  • Subspecies of fumidus: Emery, 1925b: 80; Kempf, 1972a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 104; Lubertazzi, 2019: 87.
  • Distribution: Haiti.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

major Allied to C. fumidus var. fragilis Pergande, but differing in the following characters: The head is shaped as in the vars. illitus and festinatus and is distinctly broader than in fragilis and bears on the vertex a dark brown spot which is absent in this variety. The yellow color of the body and especially of the head is darker and more reddish, and the brown bands on the gaster are darker and more sharply defined. The suberect hairs on the antennal scapes are about equally abundant in both varieties, the hairs on the body are more abundant in imbecillus.

minor Indistinguishable from the corresponding phase of fragilis.

Type Material

Described from four major and four minor workers taken at Grande Riviere.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 80, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 162(2), 59-210 (doi:10.3099/mcz-43.1).
• Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: 1-61 (page 52, soldier, worker described)