Camponotus guanchus

Camponotus guanchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. guanchus
Binomial name
Camponotus guanchus Santschi, 1908 Specimen Labels

Nests were found in dead wood and rock crevices at the thermophile juniper forest. In December 2003, winged queens and males were present inside the nests. This Canarian species is known from the islands of Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro. (Espadaler 2007)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 28.784722° to 27.74°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands.

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

Syntype of Camponotus guanchus. Worker. Specimen code casent0912189. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• guanchus. Camponotus sicheli var. guancha Santschi, 1908: 534 (w.q.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • [Note: Seifert, 2019b: 14, cites 1w syntype NHMB Canary Is: Tenerife I., Valle Gimenes, 10.ix.1899 (A. Cabrera y Diaz); 1q syntype NHMB Tenerife I., Bajan..do, 23.iii.1902 (A. Cabrera y Diaz).]
  • Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is (no further data) (A. Cabrera y Diaz).
  • [Notes (i): type-locality is not indicated by Santschi, 1908: 534, but is listed previously on p. 517; (ii) Valle de Gimenez, Garachico is cited as type-locality by Santschi, 1919e: 248.]
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Cagniant & Espadaler, 1993: 427 (m.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 121.
  • Subspecies of sicheli: Santschi, 1919e: 248.
  • Subspecies of lateralis: Emery, 1925a: 69; Emery, 1925b: 121; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 117; Wellenius, 1955: 15; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 189; Barquin Diez, 1981: 435; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 161.
  • Status as species: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1993: 426 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 102; Espadaler, 2007: 121; Borowiec, L. 2014: 32.
  • Distribution: Spain (Canary Is).

Taxonomic Notes

Seifert (2019): Investigated was 1 type worker labeled ‘Type’, ‘Tenerife Valle Gimenes 10. IX. 1899.’, ‘C. lateralis Ol guancha Sant’ and 1 type gyne labeled ‘Type’, ‘Tenerife Bajan..do 23: III : 1902’, ‘C. lateralis guancha Sant’; both stored in Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel. This species from the Canaries differs from all Eurocaucasian species shown in Tab. 2 and Tab. 3 by propodeal and petiolar shape. The dorsal surface of propodeum is clearly convex in transverse section. In lateral aspect, dorsum and caudal slope of propodeum form an angle of about 130° and the transition is rounded – i.e., there is no indication of a dorsocaudal protrusion or of an abrupt transition from dorsal plane to slope. The petiolar node is narrow (PeW/CS1.25 0.322) but thick in lateral view – corresponding to the situation in Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille 1798). These characters may possibly indicate a close relatedness to the North African taxa Camponotus ruber and Camponotus sicheli niger.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1993a. Camponotus guanchus Santschi, 1908, stat. nov. et études des populations de Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 107: 419-438. (page 427, male described)
• Emery, C. 1925b. Revision des espèces paléarctiques du genre Tapinoma. Rev. Suisse Zool. 32: 45-64 (page 64, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma), and variety of lateralis)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 121, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma), and variety of lateralis)
• Espadaler, X. 2007. The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Pages 113-127 in R. R. Snelling, B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward, editors. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Gainesville, FL. 80:690 pp.
• Santschi, F. 1908. Nouvelles fourmis de l'Afrique du Nord (Égypte, Canaries, Tunisie). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 77: 517-534 (page 534, worker, queen described)
• Seifert, B. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the members of the Camponotus lateralis species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasia. Soil Organisms 91: 7-32 (doi:10.25674/so-91-1-02).==References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics==
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H., and X. Espadaler. "Camponotus guanchus Santschi, 1908, stat. nov. et études des populations de Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Journal of African Zoology 107 (1993): 419-438.
• Espadaler, X.. "The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands)." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80 (2007): 113-127.
• Espadaler, Xavier. 2007. The Ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands) in Snelling. pp. 113-127
• Espadaler, Xavier. 2007. The Ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Memoirs of the AMer113-127.
• Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
• Santschi, F.. "Fourmis d'Espagne et des Canaries." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 19 (1919): 241-248.
• Santschi, F.. "Nouvelles fourmis de l'Afrique du Nord (Égypte, Canaries, Tunisie)." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 77 (1908): 517-534.
• Wellenius, O. H.. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.