Camponotus nacerdus

Camponotus nacerdus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. nacerdus
Binomial name
Camponotus nacerdus Norton, 1868

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.85° to 18.85°.

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.

• nacerdus. Camponotus (Formica) nacerdus Norton, 1868c: 2 (w.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: Mexico: Veracruz, Orizaba (Sumichrast) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 73; no lectotype designated), Mexico: Veracruz, Córdoba (Sumichrast).
  • [Notes (i): type-localities from Norton, 1868a: 60; (ii) material was originally sent “to the Smithsonian Institution (= USNM) from Mexico by Prof. Sumichrast”.]
  • Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
  • [Formica nacerda Norton, 1868a: 60. Nomen nudum.]
  • Subgenus indeterminate: Emery, 1925b: 172.
  • Subspecies of senex: Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list).
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 244; Forel, 1899c: 148; Emery, 1925b: 172; Kempf, 1972a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 112.
  • Distribution: Mexico.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 172, Subgenus indeterminate)

• Norton, E. 1868c. Description of Mexican ants noticed in the American Naturalist, April, 1868. Proc. Essex Inst. (Commun.) 6: 1-10 (page 2, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133