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Camponotus obtritus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. obtritus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus obtritus Emery, 1911
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Peru (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.
- obtritus. Camponotus obtritus Emery, 1911a: 222 (s.w.) PERU, BOLIVIA.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Peru: Marcapata (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 57; no lectotype designated), Peru: Pachitea (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas), Bolivia: Mapiri (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmomalis): Forel, 1914a: 271.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 169; Kempf, 1972a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 115; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 113.
- Distribution: Bolivia, Peru.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1911d. Fragments myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 55: 213-225 (page 222, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, Combination in C. (Myrmomalis))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1911. Fragments myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 55: 213-225.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Kusnezov N. 1953. La fauna mirmecológica de Bolivia. Folia Universitaria. Cochabamba 6: 211-229.