Camponotus punctulatus cruentus

Camponotus punctulatus cruentus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. punctulatus
Subspecies:	C. punctulatus cruentus
Trinomial name
Camponotus punctulatus cruentus Santschi, 1922

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.4° to -34.604°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (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.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a host for the strepsipteran Caenocholax fenyesi (a parasite) (Cook, 2019).
• This species is a host for the strepsipteran Myrmecolax ogloblini (a parasite) (Cook, 2019) (reported as "Camponotus punctulatus cruentatus Forel").
• This species is a host for the strepsipteran Stichotrema beckeri (a parasite) (Cook, 2019).

Nomenclature

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

• cruentus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) punctulatus st. cruenta Santschi, 1922c: 104.
  • [First available use of Camponotus punctulatus subsp. imberbis var. cruenta Emery, 1906c: 190 (footnote) (w.) ARGENTINA (Mendoza); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Argentina: Mendoza (Jensen).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Misspelled as cruentata by Santschi, 1912e: 534.]
  • Santschi, 1939e: 326 (m.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 78.
  • Subspecies of punctulatus: Santschi, 1912e: 534; Santschi, 1939e: 326; Kusnezov, 1952d: 216; Kempf, 1972a: 70; Zolessi, et al. 1988: 7; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
  • Material of the unavailable name mediorufa referred here by Santschi, 1922c: 104; Kempf, 1972a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 95.
  • Distribution: Argentina, Uruguay.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 95, catalogue)
• Cook, J.L. 2019. Annotated catalog of the order Strepsiptera of the world. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 144: 121-267 (doi:10.3157/061.145.0202).
• Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 190, First available use of Camponotus punctulatus subsp. imberbis var. cruenta; unavailable name.)
• Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 104, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 104, material of the unavailable name mediorufa referred here.)