Camponotus melanoticus flavopubens

Camponotus melanoticus flavopubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. melanoticus
Subspecies:	C. melanoticus flavopubens
Trinomial name
Camponotus melanoticus flavopubens Emery, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.48333333° to 18.23333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

• flavopubens. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) melanoticus subsp. flavopubens Emery, 1925b: 81.
  • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. simillimus var. flavopubens Forel, 1901c: 135 (w.) MEXICO (Morelos); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Mexico: Morelos, Cuernavaca (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also MCZC).
  • Subspecies of melanoticus: Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 100.
  • Distribution: Mexico.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 100, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1901d. I. Fourmis mexicaines récoltées par M. le professeur W.-M. Wheeler. II. A propos de la classification des fourmis. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 123-141 (page 135, First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. simillimus var. flavopubens; unavailab*Varela-Hernández, F., Medel-Zosayas, B., Martínez-Luque, E.O., Jones, R.W., De la Mora, A. 2020. Biodiversity in central Mexico: Assessment of ants in a convergent region. Southwestern Entomologist 454: 673-686.

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