Camponotus planus peregrinus

Camponotus planus peregrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. planus
Subspecies:	C. planus peregrinus
Trinomial name
Camponotus planus peregrinus Emery, 1893

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.

• peregrinus. Camponotus peregrinus Emery, 1893d: 89, 91 (w.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Chatam I. (= San Cristobal I.) (G. Baur).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 118 (q.m.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Forel, 1914a: 274;
  • combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 118.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list).
  • Subspecies of planus: Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 291; Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 118; Emery, 1925b: 167; Stitz, 1932a: 371; Wheeler, W.M. 1933a: 59; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 45; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 177; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 117; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 168.
  • Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos).

References

• Emery, C. 1893f. Notice sur quelques fourmis des îles Galapagos. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 62: 89-92 (page 91, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 274, Combination in C. (Myrmorhachis))
• 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 291, Subspecies of planus)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 118, 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))