Camponotus platytarsus

Camponotus platytarsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. platytarsus
Binomial name
	Camponotus platytarsus; Roger, 1863

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico (type locality), Suriname.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

platytarsus. Camponotus platytarsus Roger, 1863a: 150 (q.) MEXICO (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Mexico: (no further data) (no collector’s name; perhaps S. von Heyden).
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Note: Roger type-material is principally in DEIB, MNHN, MNHU, ZSBS.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1920b: 256;
- combination in C. (Myrmoplatypus): Santschi, 1921f: 311.
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 5; Mayr, 1863: 459; Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 154; Forel, 1904d: 177; Emery, 1925b: 170; Kempf, 1972a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 118.
- Distribution: Guyana, Mexico.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 256, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 150, queen described)
Santschi, F. 1921f. Retouches aux sous-genres de Camponotus. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 61: 310-312 (page 311, Combination in C. (Myrmoplatypus))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
Forel A. 1904. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 48: 168-177.
Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.