Camponotus planus santacruzensis

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

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • santacruzensis. Camponotus (Myrmorhachis) planus var. santacruzensis Wheeler, W.M. 1919c: 294 (s.w.q.m.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is).
    • Type-material: 5 syntype major workers, 11 syntype minor workers, 7 syntype queens, 5 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: Ecuador: Galapagos Is, Indefatigable I. (= Santa Cruz I.), xi.1905 (F.X. Williams).
    • Type-depositories: CASC, MCZC.
    • 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: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Herrera, Tocora, et al. 2024: 169.
    • Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos).

Description

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 294, 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))