Camponotus planatus colombicus

Camponotus planatus colombicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. planatus
Subspecies:	C. planatus colombicus
Trinomial name
Camponotus planatus colombicus Forel, 1899

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 11.272506° to 11.272506°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

• colombicus. Camponotus planatus var. colombicus Forel, 1899c: 141 (s.w.q.) COLOMBIA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Dibulla, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel), Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Burithaca, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 53; no lectotype designated).
  • [Note: Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in Forel, 1902b: 170, where Dibulla is the only locality mentioned for this taxon.]
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1925b: 164.
  • Subspecies of planatus: Forel, 1902b: 171; Emery, 1925b: 164; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 93.
  • Distribution: Colombia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 93, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 164, combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
• Forel, A. 1899i. Formicidae. [concl.]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 137-160 (page 141, worker, queen described)
• Forel, A. 1902b. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 170-182 (page 171, race of planatus)