Camponotus horrens

Camponotus horrens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. horrens
Binomial name
Camponotus horrens Forel, 1910 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.533333333° to 4.533333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

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

• horrens. Camponotus horrens Forel, 1910d: 127 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon, Negros).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (nuber not stated).
  • Type-localities: Philippines: Luzon, Rizal Prov., Montalban Gorge (C.S. Banks), Philippines: Negros, Negros Occidental, Mailum, Bago, no. 9609 (C.S. Banks).
  • Type-depository: unknown (possibly MHNG).
  • [Note: type-material was originally deposited in Bureau of Science, Manila; possibly specimens in NMPM but most probably destroyed in World War II (Baltazar, 1966: 271).]
  • Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Forel, 1912i: 92;
  • combination in C. (Colobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 131;
  • combination in C. (Karavaievia): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 229 (error);
  • combination in Colobopsis: Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016: 350;
  • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 41.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 149; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 229; Baltazar, 1966: 271; Bolton, 1995b: 103; McArthur, 2012: 68.
  • Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Negros).

References

• Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 271, listed)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 149, Combination in C. (Colobopsis))
• Forel, A. 1910d. Fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. Sect. D. Gen. Biol. Ethnol. Anthropol. 5: 121-130 (page 127, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 92, Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta))
• General, D.E.M., Buenavente, P.A.C., Rodriguez, L.J.V. 2020. A preliminary survey of nocturnal ants, with novel modifications for collecting nocturnal arboreal ants. Halteres 11: 1-12 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3707151).
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B., Fisher, B.L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072 (3): 343–357 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4).
• Ward, P.S., Boudinot, B.E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, 37–56 (doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Davidson D. W., S. C. Cook, R. R. Snelling and T. H. Chua. 2003. Explaining the Abundance of Ants in Lowland Tropical Rainforest Canopies. Science 300: 969-972.