Camponotus piceatus

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.44055556° to 18.582083°.

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.

• piceatus. Camponotus (Tapinoma) piceatus Norton, 1868c: 3 (s.) MEXICO (Veracruz).
  • Type-material: 5 syntype major workers.
  • Type-locality: Mexico: Veracruz, Potrero, nr Córdoba (Sumichrast).
  • [Notes (i): locality 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).
  • [Tapinoma piceata Norton, 1868a: 60. Nomen nudum.]
  • Combination in Tapinoma: Dalla Torre, 1893: 166;
  • combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 270.
  • Subspecies of senex: Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list).
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 166; Forel, 1899c: 102; Forel, 1914a: 270; Emery, 1925b: 164; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Shattuck, 1994: 171; Bolton, 1995b: 117.
  • Distribution: Mexico.

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 377, Subspecies of senex)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 270, Revived status as species)
• Norton, E. 1868c. Description of Mexican ants noticed in the American Naturalist, April, 1868. Proc. Essex Inst. (Commun.) 6: 1-10 (page 3, soldier described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Rojas Fernandez P. 2010. Capítulo 24. Hormigas (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Diversidad Biológica de Veracruz. Volumen Invertebrados. CONABIO-Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz.
• Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133