Camponotus picipes jamaicensis

Camponotus picipes jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. picipes
Subspecies:	C. picipes jamaicensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus picipes jamaicensis Wheeler, W.M., 1917

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.117° to 18.117°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Jamaica (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.

• jamaicensis. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus subsp. jamaicensis Wheeler, W.M. 1917g: 465, fig. 2 (s.w.m.) JAMAICA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype males (numbers not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Jamaica: Newton, 3000 ft (C.T. Brues).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 82.
  • Subspecies of picipes: Emery, 1920b: 233 (footnote); Emery, 1925b: 82; Kempf, 1972a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 106.
  • Distribution: Jamaica.

References

• Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 233, Subspecies of picipes)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 82, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917g. Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 457-471 (page 465, fig. 2 soldier, worker, male described)