Camponotus macilentus wollebaeki

Camponotus macilentus wollebaeki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. macilentus
Subspecies:	C. macilentus wollebaeki
Trinomial name
Camponotus macilentus wollebaeki Stitz, 1932

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• wollebaeki. Camponotus (Pseusocolobopsis) macilentus var. wollebaeki Stitz, 1932a: 371, fig. 4 (w.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
  • Type-material: holotype minor worker.
  • Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Floreana I., Postoffice Bay, 20-30.ix.1925 (A. Wollebaek’s Norwegian Zoological Expd.) (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: unknown (perhaps MNHU or NNHM).
  • [Misspelled as wolleboeki by Stitz, 1937: 136.]
  • Status as species: Stitz, 1937: 136.
  • Subspecies of macilentus: Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 176; Kempf, 1972a: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 130; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 166.
  • Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Is).

References

• Stitz, H. 1932a. Formicidae [of the Wollebaek Galapagos Expedition]. Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 71: 367-372 (page 371, fig. 4 worker, queen described)