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Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni
| Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. nitens |
| Subspecies: | C. nitens fuhrmanni |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni Forel, 1921 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fuhrmanni. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) nitens var. furmanni Forel, 1921b: 135 (s.w.) COLOMBIA.
- [Justified emendation of spelling to fuhrmanni: Emery, 1925b: 81.]
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Colombia: Bogota, 3000 m. (O. Fuhrmann).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 81.
- Subspecies of nitens: Emery, 1925b: 81; Kempf, 1972a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
- Distribution: Colombia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 101, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 81, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and justified emendation of spelling to fuhrmanni)
- Forel, A. 1921b. Quelques fourmis des environs de Quito (Ecuador) récoltées par Mlle Eléonore Naumann. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 131-135 (page 135, soldier, worker described)