Camponotus medeus fulvulus

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Camponotus medeus fulvulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. medeus
Subspecies: C. medeus fulvulus
Trinomial name
Camponotus medeus fulvulus
Emery, 1920

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Peru (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.

  • fulvulus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) medea subsp. fulvula Emery, 1920c: 21 (q.) PERU.
    • Type-material: 3 syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: Peru: Pachitea (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 159.
    • Subspecies of medeus: Emery, 1925b: 158; Kempf, 1972a: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 101; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 112.
    • Distribution: Peru.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 21, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 159, Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis))