Camponotus linnaei maccus

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Camponotus linnaei maccus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. linnaei
Subspecies: C. linnaei maccus
Trinomial name
Camponotus linnaei maccus
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana, Guyana (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.

  • maccus. Camponotus (Manniella) linnaei subsp. maccus Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 213 (s.w.) GUYANA.
    • Type-material: 4 syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
    • Type-localities: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Kartabo (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 49; no lectotype designated), Guyana: Mazaruni River, Kaow I. (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmeurynota): Kempf, 1972a: 49.
    • Subspecies of linnaei: Kempf, 1972a: 49; Bolton, 1995b: 109.
    • Distribution: Guyana.

Description

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 49, Combination in C. (Myrmeurynota))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 213, soldier, worker described)