Camponotus planus sansalvadorensis

Camponotus planus sansalvadorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. planus
Subspecies:	C. planus sansalvadorensis
Trinomial name
Camponotus planus sansalvadorensis Wheeler, W.M., 1924

Distribution

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.

• sansalvadorensis. Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) planus var. sansalvadorensis Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 119, fig. 27 (w.m.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
  • Type-material: 6 syntype minor workers, 5 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, James I. (= Santiago I.), 5.iv.1923 (no collector’s name; “some of the members of the expedition”).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Subspecies of planus: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 45; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 177; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 168.
  • Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos).

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 119, fig. 27 worker, male described)