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Camponotus melinus
| Camponotus melinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. melinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus melinus Mackay, W.P., 1997
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 19.15° to 19.137°.
| 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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Holotype of Camponotus melinus. Worker. Specimen code castype17340-02. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- melinus. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) melinus Mackay, W.P., in Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 326, figs. 1, 2, 7 (s.w.) MEXICO (Morelos).
- Type-material: holotype major worker, 13 paratype major and minor workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Morelos (nr Cuernavaca), 15 mi. S El Guarda, 19°09’N, 99°11’W, 14.xi.1946 (W.S. Ross); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); CASC, LACM, MCZC, UNAM, USNM, WEMC (paratypes).
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 24.
- Status as species: McArthur, 2012: 164.
- Distribution: Mexico.
Description
References
- Mackay, W. P. 1997b. [Untitled. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) melinus W. Mackay, new species.] Pp. 326-327 in: Mackay, W. P., Mackay, E. E. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenopter (page 326, figs. 1, 2, 7 soldier, worker described)
- Snelling, R.R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36: 599-611.
- 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.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
- Mackay, W.P. and E.E. Mackay. 1997. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30(3):319-333
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133