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Camponotus montivagus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. montivagus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus montivagus Forel, 1885
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 19.784254° to 14.633°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala (type locality), Mexico.
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
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| Lectotype of Camponotus montivagus. Worker. Specimen code casent0910424. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- montivagus. Camponotus nitidus r. montivagus Forel, 1885a: 347 (s.w.) GUATEMALA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, R.R. 2000: 607), 6 paralectotype workers.
- Type-locality: lectotype Guatemala: Tecpam (= Tecpán), 7000 ft (O. Stoll); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MHNG (lectotype); LACM, MHNG (paralectotypes).
- Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272;
- combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis): Snelling, R.R. 1988: 57;
- combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118; Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.
- Subspecies of nitidus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 245 (footnote).
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 243; Emery, 1896d 375 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 154; Emery, 1925b: 118; Kempf, 1972a: 47; Brandão, 1991: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 112; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of nuperus: Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.
- Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico.
- nuperus. Camponotus nitidus var. nuperus Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 58 (s.w.q.) MEXICO (Hidalgo).
- Type-material: 11 syntype major and minor workers, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Mexico: Hidalgo, Guerrero Mill, E of Pachuca, 1913 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depositories: LACM, MCZC (perhaps also USNM).
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118.
- Subspecies of montivagus: Emery, 1925b: 118; Kempf, 1972a: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 114.
- Junior synonym of montivagus: Mackay & Mackay, 1997b: 328.
Description
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 243, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 118, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 347, worker, soldier described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 272, Combination in C. (Myramblys))
- Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30: 319-334 (page 328, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30: 319-334 (page 328, Senior synonym of nuperus)
- Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. (page 57, Combination in C. (Pseudocolobopsis))
- Snelling, R.R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36: 599-611.
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
- Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- 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
- Quiroz Robledo L. N., and J. E. Valenzuela Gonzalez. 1993. Contribucion al conocimiento de la mirmecofauna del estado de Hidalgo, Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). En: Villavicencio-Nieto (ed) Flora y Fauna del Estado de Hidalgo. Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo. p. 340-393. ISBN 968-63 40-36-X
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133