Camponotus planus isabelensis

Camponotus planus isabelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. planus
Subspecies:	C. planus isabelensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus planus isabelensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -1.677212° to -1.677212°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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.

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.

• isabelensis. Camponotus (Myrmorhachis) planus var. isabelensis Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 293 (s.w.q.m.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
  • Type-material: 24 syntype major workers, 16 syntype minor workers, 5 syntype queens, 27 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: 8 major, 3 minor workers Ecuador: Galapagos Is, South Albemarle I. (= Isabela I.), Mt Cowley, 1905 (F.X. Williams), 16 major, 13 minor workers, 5 queens, 27 males Galapagos Is, Albemarle I. (= Isabela I.), “Albatross 1899”.
  • Type-depositories: CASC, MCZC, USNM.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 119.
  • Subspecies of planus: Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 119; Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1933a: 59; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 45; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 177; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 106; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 168.
  • Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos).

References

• 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 293, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 119, Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))