Camponotus goeldii

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Camponotus goeldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. goeldii
Binomial name
Camponotus goeldii
Forel, 1894

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • goeldii. Camponotus goeldii Forel, 1894d: 43, pl. 2, fig. 5 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Colonia Alpina, nr Teresópolis (E.A. Göldi).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 81.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 103; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 81; Borgmeier, 1927c: 144; Kempf, 1972a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 102.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1894d. Les Formicides de la Province d'Oran (Algérie). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 30: 1-45 (page 43, pl. 2, fig. 5 soldier, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 267, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))