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| Camponotus planus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Hymenoptera
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| Family:
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Formicidae
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| Subfamily:
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Formicinae
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| Tribe:
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Camponotini
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| Genus:
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Camponotus
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| Species:
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C. planus
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| Binomial name
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Camponotus planus
Smith, F., 1877
Specimen labels
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| Subspecies
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- Camponotus planus fernandinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
- Camponotus planus fidelis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
- Camponotus planus hephaestus Wheeler, W.M., 1933
- Camponotus planus indefessus Wheeler, W.M., 1919
- Camponotus planus isabelensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
- Camponotus planus peregrinus Emery, 1893
- Camponotus planus pinzonensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
- Camponotus planus sansalvadorensis Wheeler, W.M., 1924
- Camponotus planus santacruzensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
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Identification
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands (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.
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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.
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- planus. Camponotus planus Smith, F. 1877a: 83 (w.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Charles I. (= Floreana I.), 1835, (Voyage of the Beagle) (C. Darwin).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 287 (s.w.q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1920b: 260;
- combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 118.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 287; Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 119; Emery, 1925b: 167; Stitz, 1932a: 371; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 44; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 177; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 118; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 166.
- Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Is).
- Current subspecies: nominal plus fernandinensis, fidelis, hephaestus, indefessus (unresolved junior homonym), isabelensis, peregrinus, pinzonensis, sansalvadorensis, santacruzensis.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 260, Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis))
- Herrera, H.W., Baert, L., Dekoninck, W., Causton, C.E., Sevilla, C.R., Pozo, P., Hendrickx, F. 2020. Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 93: 1–60.
- Smith, F. 1877a. VIII. Hymenoptera and Diptera. Pp. 82-84 in: Günther, A. Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H. M. S. "Peterel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877:64-93. (page 83, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1919d. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. XIV. The ants of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4)2(2 2: 259-297 (page 287, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 118, Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))
- Clark, David B., Concepcion Guayasamin, Olga Pazmino, Cecilia Donoso, Yolanda Paez de Villacis. 1982. The Tramp Ant Wasmannia auropunctata. Biotropica. 14 (3):196-207.
- Dekoninck W., F. Fernandez, H. W. Herrera, N. Wauters, G. Brito, L. Jumbo, D. Marin-Armijos, and T. Delsinne. 2014. Results of ant collections on Santa Cruz Island within the framework of the 2012 Global Taxonomy Initiative Ant Course at Galápagos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie 150: 250-255 .
- Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
- Herrera H. W. 2013. CDF Checklist of Galapagos Ants - FCD Lista de especies de Hormigas Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://checklists.datazone.darwinfoundation.org/terrestrial-invertebrates/formicidae/ Last updated: 01 Mar 2013
- Herrera H. W., and C. E. Causton. 2010. First inventory of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Baltra Island, Galapagos. Galapagos Research 67: 13-17.
- Herrera H.W., and L. Roque-Albelo. 2007. Lista anotada de las hormigas de las Islas Galapagos, Ecuador. Fundación Charles Darwin. 13 pp
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Kusnezov N. 1963. Zoogeografia de las hormigas en sudamerica. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 19: 25-222
- Linsley E. G., and R. L. Usinger. 1966. Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 33: 113-196.
- Pezzatti, Boris, Irzan, Trimurti and Cherix, Daniel. 1998. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Floreana: Lost Paradise?. Noticias de Galapagos. 59:11-20.
- Stitz, H. 1932. Formicidae of the Wollebaek Galapagos Expedition. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 71:367-372.
- Von Aesch, Leila. 2006. Introduced Ants in Galapagos (Floreana Island): Importance of Competition, Coexistence and Aggressive Behaviors. (Chapter 1 published: von Aech, L. and D. Cherix. 2005. Introduced ant species and mechanisms of competition on Floreana Island. Sociobiology 45(2): 463-481.)
- Wauters N., W. Dekoninck, F. Hendrickx, H.W. Herrera, and D. Fournier. 2016. Habitat a ssociation a nd coexistence of endemic and introduced ant species in the Galápagos Islands. Ecological Entomology 41, 40–50.
- Wheeler, William Morton. 1933. Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition. California Academy of Sciences. 21(6):57-64.
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