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Camponotus improprius
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. improprius |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus improprius (Forel, 1879)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- improprius. Colobopsis impropria Forel, 1879a: 125 (s.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: holotype major worker.
- Type-locality: Colombia: Ocagna (Landolt).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 235;
- combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1912i: 90;
- combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Emery, 1920b: 259.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 235; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 158; Kempf, 1972a: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 104; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 761.
- Distribution: Colombia.
Description
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 235, Combination in Camponotus)
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 259, Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis))
- Forel, A. 1879a. Études myrmécologiques en 1879 (deuxième partie [1re partie en 1878]). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 16: 53-128 (page 125, soldier described)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 90, Combination in C. (Myrmamblys))