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Camponotus macilentus sapphirinus
| Camponotus macilentus sapphirinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. macilentus |
| Subspecies: | C. macilentus sapphirinus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus macilentus sapphirinus Wheeler, W.M., 1924 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Galapagos Islands (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.
- sapphirinus. Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) macilentus var. sapphirinus Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 114, fig. 24 (s.w.q.m.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “numerous”).
- Type-localities: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Indefatigable I. (= Santa Cruz I.), Seymour Bay, 1923 (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 64; no lectotype designated), Ecuador: Galapagos Is, South Seymour I. (= Baltra I.), 1923 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Subspecies of macilentus: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 44; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 176; Kempf, 1972a: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 166.
- Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos).
Description
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 114, fig. 24 soldier, worker, queen, male described)