Camponotus mus mustelus

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

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (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.

  • mustelus. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) mus subsp. mustela Emery, 1920c: 39 (w.q.) BOLIVIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Bolivia: (no further data) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Subspecies of mus: Emery, 1925b: 164; Kusnezov, 1952d: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 112; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 113.
    • Distribution: Bolivia, Peru.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 39, worker, queen described)