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Camponotus iheringi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. iheringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus iheringi Forel, 1908
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -11.9° to -22.809943°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay, Peru.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Worker
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0173425. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0173426. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- iheringi. Camponotus iheringi Forel, 1908c: 412 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as jheringi by Emery, 1925b: 165, and others.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 271;
- combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1920b: 260.
- Status as species: Forel, 1912i: 78; Luederwaldt, 1918: 52; Emery, 1925b: 165; Borgmeier, 1927c: 157; Santschi, 1936d: 421; Kempf, 1972a: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 104; Wild, 2007b: 28, 47; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227.
- Senior synonym of bajulus: Wild, 2007b: 47.
- Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay, Peru.
- latinota. Camponotus iheringi var. latinota Forel, 1909a: 264 (w.) PARAGUAY.
- Type-material: holotype (?) minor worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Paraguay: San Bernardino (K.A.G. Fiebrig).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. latinotus Forel, 1907c: 144.]
- Replacement name: Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) iheringi var. bajulus Emery, 1925b: 165.
- bajulus. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) iheringi var. bajulus Emery, 1925b: 165.
- Replacement name for Camponotus iheringi var. latinota Forel, 1909a: 264. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus foraminosus subsp. latinotus Forel, 1907c: 144.]
- Subspecies of iheringi: Kempf, 1972a: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 87.
- Junior synonym of iheringi: Wild, 2007b: 45.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 260, Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
- Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 412, soldier, worker described)
- 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
- Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
- Forel A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 340-418.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
- Santschi F. 1936. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes de la République Argentine. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro). 6: 402-421.
- Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466
- Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.