Camponotus pilicornis siculus

Camponotus pilicornis siculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. pilicornis
Subspecies:	C. pilicornis siculus
Trinomial name
Camponotus pilicornis siculus Grandi, 1935

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.579413° to 37.5°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy (type locality), North Macedonia.

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.

• siculus. Camponotus sylvaticus var. sicula Grandi, 1935: 102.
  • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. pilicornis var. sicula Emery, 1908a: 198 (s.w.q.) ITALY (Sicily); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Italy: Sicily I. (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1915a: 251; Emery, 1916b: 224; Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 101; Donisthorpe, 1927a: 8.
  • Subspecies of pilicornis: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 186; Bolton, 1995b: 124; Mei, 1995: 767; Poldi, et al. 1995: 7.
  • Distribution: Italy (+ Sicily).

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 50: 5-287 (page 186, Subspecies of pilicornis)
• Grandi, G. 1935. Contributi alla conoscenza degli Imenotteri Aculeati. XV. Boll. R. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 8: 27-121 (page 102, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Schifani, E. (2022). The new checklist of the Italian fauna: Formicidae. Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 37, ucl006 (doi:10.21426/b637155803).