Camponotus pittieri poenalis

Camponotus pittieri poenalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. pittieri
Subspecies:	C. pittieri poenalis
Trinomial name
Camponotus pittieri poenalis Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guyana (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.

• poenalis. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) pittieri var. poenalis Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 167 (w.q.) GUYANA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Penal Settlement, nr Bartica, 10.viii.1920 (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Subspecies of pittieri: Emery, 1925b: 164; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 258; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 118.
  • Distribution: Guyana.

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1921f. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (N. Y.) 3: 137-168 (page 167, worker, queen described)