Camponotus planatus acaciae

Camponotus planatus acaciae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. planatus
Subspecies:	C. planatus acaciae
Trinomial name
Camponotus planatus acaciae Emery, 1920

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (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.

• acaciae. Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) planatus var. acaciae Emery, 1920c: 39 (w.) COSTA RICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Costa Rica: (no further data) (A. Alfaro).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Subspecies of planatus: Emery, 1925b: 164; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Santschi, 1936b: 217; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
  • Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 84, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 39, worker described)