Camponotus macilentus castellanus

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Camponotus macilentus castellanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. macilentus
Subspecies: C. macilentus castellanus
Trinomial name
Camponotus macilentus castellanus
Wheeler, W.M., 1924

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Galapagos Islands (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.

  • castellanus. Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) macilentus var. castanellus Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 116, fig. 25 (s.w.q.m.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
    • Subspecies of macilentus: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 44; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 176; Kempf, 1972a: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 91.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 91, catalogue)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 116, fig. 25 soldier, worker, queen,, male described)