Camponotus macromischoides
Camponotus macromischoides | |
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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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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba (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.
- 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
- Duarte, S., Breto, D. 2024. Type catalogue of Hymenoptera (Insecta) housed in the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Zootaxa 5523(3), 301–336 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5523.3.1).
- Fontenla Rizo, J. L. 1997c. Nuevas especies de Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Cuba. Avicennia 6/ 7: 54-60 (page 55, fig. worker described)
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.