Camponotus pellitus

Camponotus pellitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. pellitus
Binomial name
Camponotus pellitus Mayr, 1862 Specimen labels
Synonyms
Camponotus pellitus scintillans Forel, 1901

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.809943° to -22.809943°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.

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.

• pellitus. Camponotus pellitus Mayr, 1862: 668 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Mayr, 1866a: 486 (s.w.q.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Bruch, 1914: 229;
  • combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 153.
  • Junior synonym of blandus: Emery, 1903: 67.
  • Subspecies of blandus: Santschi, 1922c: 111; Emery, 1925b: 153; Borgmeier, 1927c: 151; Kusnezov, 1952d: 198; Kempf, 1972a: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 116.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 400; Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1866a: 486; Mayr, 1870a: 374 (in key); Forel, 1879a: 89; Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Forel, 1895b: 103; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1896h: 626; Forel, 1899c: 149; Forel, 1902b: 173; Bruch, 1914: 229; Luederwaldt, 1918: 49; Wild, 2007b: 28, 45.
  • Senior synonym of scintillans: Wild, 2007b: 45.
  • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay.
• scintillans. Camponotus pellitus r. scintillans Forel, 1901h: 72 (w.) PARAGUAY.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Paraguay: (no further data) (Jerrmann).
  • Type-depository: possibly MHNG.
  • [Note: type-material originated in Hamburg Museum, so perhaps destroyed in World War II.]
  • Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 154.
  • Subspecies of blandus: Santschi, 1922c: 111; Emery, 1925b: 154; Santschi, 1934c: 33; Kusnezov, 1952d: 198; Kempf, 1972a: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 123.
  • Junior synonym of pellitus: Wild, 2007b: 45.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1896. Formiciden, gesammelt in Paraguay von Dr. J. Bohls. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 9: 625-638.
• Forel A. 1901. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82.
• Forel A. 1902. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 170-182.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
• Santschi F. 1922. Camponotus néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 62: 97-124.
• Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.