Camponotus opaciceps

Camponotus opaciceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. opaciceps
Binomial name
Camponotus opaciceps Roger, 1863

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

• opaciceps. Camponotus opaciceps Roger, 1863a: 141 (q.) BRAZIL (no state data).
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data) (Schaum).
  • Type-depository: unknown (Hashmi, 1973: 122).
  • [Note: Roger type-material is principally in DEIB, MNHN, MNHU, ZSBS.]
  • Combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Emery, 1925b: 108.
  • Junior synonym of esuriens: Emery, 1896d: 372.
  • Subspecies of abdominalis: Forel, 1897b: 297; Forel, 1901h: 70; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 133.
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 4; Mayr, 1863: 459; Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Forel, 1895b: 103; Emery, 1925b: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 150; Kempf, 1972a: 62; Hashmi, 1973: 122; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 115.
  • [Note: Hashmi, 1973: 122, comments that the status of opaciceps is uncertain.]
  • Distribution: Brazil, Curaçao, Grenada.

References

• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:363-382 (page 372, Junior synonym of esuriens)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 108, Combination in C. (Myrmothrix))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 108, Revived status as species)
• Forel, A. 1897b. Quelques Formicides de l'Antille de Grenada récoltés par M. H. H. Smith. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1897: 297-300 (page 297, Revived from synonymy as race of abdominalis)
• Hashmi, A. A. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical ant subgenus Myrmothrix of genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 1-140 (page 122, Status uncertain)
• Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 141, queen 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).