Camponotus hermanni

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Camponotus hermanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. hermanni
Binomial name
Camponotus hermanni
Emery, 1911

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Camponotus hermanniMale (alate). Specimen code casent0905490. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • hermanni. Camponotus hermanni Emery, 1911a: 221 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
    • combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 155.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 155; Borgmeier, 1927c: 152; Eidmann, 1936b: 96; Kempf, 1972a: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 103.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1911d. Fragments myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 55: 213-225 (page 221, soldier, worker described)
  • 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))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Eidmann H. 1936. Ökologisch-faunistische Studien an südbrasilianischen Ameisen. [concl.]. Arbeiten über Physiologische und Angewandte Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 3: 81-114.
  • Emery C. 1911. Fragments myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 55: 213-225.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).