Camponotus melanoticus kempfi

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Camponotus melanoticus kempfi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. melanoticus
Subspecies: C. melanoticus kempfi
Trinomial name
Camponotus melanoticus kempfi
Özdikmen, 2010
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Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

  • nigrescens. Camponotus melanoticus var. nigrescens Santschi, 1939e: 324 (w.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus ligniperdus var. nigrescens Gösswald, 1932: 147 (Bolton, 1995b: 113).]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Kempf, 1972a: 69.
    • Subspecies of melanoticus: Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 113.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus melanoticus kempfi Özdikmen, 2010a: 530.
  • kempfi. Camponotus melanoticus kempfi Özdikmen, 2010a: 530.
    • Replacement name for Camponotus melanoticus var. nigrescens Santschi, 1939e: 324. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus ligniperdus var. nigrescens Gösswald, 1932: 147.]

Description

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