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Camponotus macilentus altinotus
| Camponotus macilentus altinotus | |
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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 altinotus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus macilentus altinotus Stitz, 1932 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Galapagos Islands (type locality), Mexico.
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.
- altinotus. Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) macilentus var. altinota Stitz, 1932a: 370, fig. 3 (s. or q. (?), w.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker or queen, 1 syntype minor worker.
- [Note: symbol in text is an inverted “female” sign; it is unclear if this signifies major worker or queen. Fig. 3 is of a minor worker.]
- Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Floreana I., Postoffice Bay, 4.xi.1925 (A. Wollebaek’s Norwegian Zoological Expd.) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHU (perhaps also NNHM).
- Subspecies of macilentus: Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 176; Kempf, 1972a: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 85; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 164.
- Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Is).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 85, catalogue)
- Stitz, H. 1932a. Formicidae [of the Wollebaek Galapagos Expedition]. Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 71: 367-372 (page 370, fig. 3 worker described)