Camponotus macromischoides

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Camponotus macromischoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. macromischoides
Binomial name
Camponotus macromischoides
Fontenla Rizo, 1997

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Specimen Labels

Photo Gallery

  • Duarte & Breto (2024), Figs 47–49. Camponotus macromischoides Fontenla (26.752). Holotype worker. 47) Lateral habitus. 48) Head in dorsal view. 49) Labels.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Cuba (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.

  • macromischoides. Camponotus macromischoides Fontenla Rizo, 1997b: 55, fig. 1 (w.) CUBA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
    • Type-locality: holotype Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Sierra de los Organos, Sierra de San Andrés, Mogote La Fonte, xi.1990 (J.L. Fontenla); paratype: Pinar del Rio, Sierra de los Organos, Sierra de Mesa, Ceja de San Francisco, iii.1994 (J.L. Fontenla).
    • Type-depository: ACHC.
    • Distribution: Cuba.

Type Material

Duarte & Breto (2024) report the following material in the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba:

  • Holotype 1 worker (26.752), Cuba, Pinar del Río, Sierra de los Órganos, Sierra de San Andrés, Mogote La Fonte, 1990-11, leg. J. L. Fontenla. Original label data: Mogote La Fonte / Sierra S. Andrés / Pinar del Río [handwritten] // Noviembre 1990 / J. L. Fontenla [handwritten] // paratypus [circle red label, handwritten] // 26.752 [printed].
  • Paratype 1 worker (26.506), Cuba, Pinar del Río, Sierra de Mesa, Ceja de San Francisco, 1994-iii, leg. J. L. Fontenla.

Notes: The holotype (26.752) is mounted in a double mount with the head attached to the side.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fontenla J. L., and J. Alfonso-Simonetti. 2018. Classification of Cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana Revista Cubana de Zoologia 506: 21-30.
  • Fontenla Rizo J. L. 1997. Nuevas especies de Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Cuba. Avicennia 6/ 7: 54-60.
  • Rodríguez Velázquez D., and N. Mestre Novoa. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12: 6-10.