Camponotus hannani

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Camponotus hannani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. hannani
Binomial name
Camponotus hannani
Forel, 1899

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.022° to 17.98333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Greater Antilles, Jamaica (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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0249608. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by JTLC.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0619233. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by JTLC.
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Syntype of Camponotus hannaniWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0903609. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Syntype of Camponotus hannaniWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0910353. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Camponotus hannaniWorker. Specimen code casent0910354. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Camponotus hannani willardiWorker. Specimen code casent0910355. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • hannani. Camponotus hannani Forel, 1899c: 131 (footnote) (s.w.) JAMAICA.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • [Note: Hashmi, 1973: 12, cites 9w major, 6w minor syntypes MHNG; he also includes 2 syntype males Jamaica: (no further data) (C.G. Gagzo) that are not mentioned in the original description.]
    • Type-locality: Jamaica: Kingston, Botanical Garden, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel).
    • [Note: Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in Forel, 1902b: 170.]
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Forel, 1907e: 11 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1917g: 468 (q.).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1912i: 91.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1902b: 170; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 134; Forel, 1907e: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1908b: 163; Wheeler, W.M. 1911a: 29; Wheeler, W.M. 1913d: 243; Wheeler, W.M. 1917g: 468; Emery, 1925b: 108; Kutter, 1931a: 61; Kempf, 1972a: 61; Hashmi, 1973: 12 (redescription); ; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 102.
    • Senior synonym of willardi: Hashmi, 1973: 12; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 102.
    • Distribution: Jamaica.
  • willardi. Camponotus hannani r. willardi Forel, 1899c: 132 (footnote) (w.) JAMAICA.
    • Type-material: 14 syntype minor workers.
    • Type-locality: Jamaica: (no further data) (Capper).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
    • Subspecies of hannani: Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 134; Wheeler, W.M. 1908b: 163; Wheeler, W.M. 1911a: 29; Emery, 1925b: 108; Kempf, 1972a: 61.
    • Junior synonym of hannani: Hashmi, 1973: 12; Brandão, 1991: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 130.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 105-136 (page 131, (footnote) worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1907h. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 24: 1-20 (page 11, male described)
  • Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 91, Combination in C. (Myrmothrix))
  • Hashmi, A. A. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical ant subgenus Myrmothrix of genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 1-140 (page 12, Senior synonym of willardi)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1917g. Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 457-471 (page 468, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
  • Forel A. 1902. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 170-182.
  • Forel A. 1907. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 24: 1-20.
  • Hashmi A. A. 1973. A Revision of the Neotropical Ant Subgenus Myrmothrix of Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Ent. 16(1-4): 1-140.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Wheeler W. M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 79-135.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1908. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24: 159-163.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1917. Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 457-471.
  • Wheeler, William Morton. 1911. Additions to the Ant-Fauna of Jamaica. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. 30:21-29.