Camponotus lautus

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Camponotus lautus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. lautus
Binomial name
Camponotus lautus
(Say, 1836)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (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

Nomenclature

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

  • lautus. Formica lauta Say, 1836: 286 (q.m.) U.S.A. (Indiana).
    • Type-material: syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: U.S.A.: Indiana (no collector’s name; perhaps T.Say).
    • Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 238.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 54; Mayr, 1863: 417; Cresson, 1887: 256; Dalla Torre, 1893: 238; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Emery, 1925b: 171.
    • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Formicinae: Smith, M.R. 1958c: 161; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1467;
    • unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Camponotus: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 847; Bolton, 1995b: 108.
    • Distribution: U.S.A.

Description

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