Camponotus punctulatus

Camponotus punctulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. punctulatus
Binomial name
Camponotus punctulatus Mayr, 1868 Specimen labels
Subspecies
Camponotus punctulatus andigenus Emery, 1903 Camponotus punctulatus brevibarbis Santschi, 1939 Camponotus punctulatus chubutensis Forel, 1913 Camponotus punctulatus cruentus Santschi, 1922 Camponotus punctulatus hybridus Forel, 1901 Camponotus punctulatus imberbis Emery, 1906 Camponotus punctulatus lilii Forel, 1908 Camponotus punctulatus lizeri Santschi, 1922 Camponotus punctulatus minutior Forel, 1886 Camponotus punctulatus pergandei Emery, 1925 Camponotus punctulatus tenuibarbis Santschi, 1939

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to -42.666°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay.

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

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a host for the strepsipteran Pseudacteon solenopsidis (a parasite) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode secondary; indirect transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

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Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0173438. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0173439. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• punctulatus. Camponotus punctulatus Mayr, 1868a: 161 (w.q.) ARGENTINA (Córdoba, San Luis, Mendoza, Buenos Aires).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-localities: Argentina: Córdoba, Rio Cuarto (P. Strobel) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 70; no lectotype designated), Argentina: San Luis (P. Strobel), Argentina: Mendoza, Mendoza (P. Strobel), Argentina: Mendoza, San Carlos (P. Strobel), Argentina: Buenos Aires, Bahia Blanca (P. Strobel), Argentina: Buenos Aires, Cármen de los Patagones (P. Strobel).
  • [Note: Mayr gives the inclusive dates of all collections as xii.-iii.1865-1867.]
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Goni, et al., 1983: 366 (k.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913l: 248;
  • combination in C. (Neomyrmamblys): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 708;
  • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 78.
  • Subspecies of tenuiscapus: Emery, 1888c: 365; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 254 (footnote); Emery, 1896d 375; Forel, 1899c: 130.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1888e: 691; Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; von Jhering, 1894: 375; Forel, 1895b: 104; Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Pergande, 1896: 864; Emery, 1903: 70; Emery, 1906c: 189; Forel, 1913l: 248; Bruch, 1914: 229; Bruch, 1916: 349; Santschi, 1916e: 395; Santschi, 1920d: 386; Santschi, 1922c: 104; Emery, 1925b: 78; Borgmeier, 1927c: 145; Eidmann, 1936b: 94; Santschi, 1939e: 324 (in key); Kusnezov, 1952d: 215; Kusnezov, 1953b: 339; Kempf, 1972a: 70; Zolessi, et al. 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 335; Bolton, 1995b: 119; Wild, 2007b: 28; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 113.
  • Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus andigenus, brevibarbis, chubutensis, cruentus, hybridus, imberbis, lilii, lizeri, minutior, pergandei, tenuibarbis.

Description

Karyotype

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• 2n = 40, karyotype = 2SM+2ST+36A (Uruguay) (Goni et al., 1983).

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