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Camponotus planus fernandinensis
| Camponotus planus fernandinensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. planus |
| Subspecies: | C. planus fernandinensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus planus fernandinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919 | |
Identification
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. |
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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.
- fernandinensis. Camponotus (Myrmorhachis) planus var. fernandinensis Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 296 (s.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
- Type-material: 10 syntype major workers.
- Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Narborough I. (= Fernandina I.), “Albatross 1899”.
- Type-depositories: CASC, MCZC, USNM.
- [Misspelled as fernandensis by Emery, 1925b: 167.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Emery, 1925b: 167.
- Subspecies of planus: Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 44; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 176; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 99; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 167.
- Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 99, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 167, combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))
- 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 296, soldier described)