Camponotus punctulatus imberbis

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Camponotus punctulatus imberbis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. punctulatus
Subspecies: C. punctulatus imberbis
Trinomial name
Camponotus punctulatus imberbis
Emery, 1906

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -34.604° to -34.604°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (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.

  • imberbis. Camponotus punctulatus subsp. imberbis Emery, 1906c: 190 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA (Chubut, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Entre Ríos).
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Argentina: Chubut, Puerto Camarones (F. Silvestri) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 71; no lectotype designated), Argentina: Chubut, Puerto Piramides (F. Silvestri), Argentina: Buenos Aires, Nuñez (F. Silvestri), Buenos Aires, Tandil (F. Silvestri), Buenos Aires, La Plata, Las Talas (F. Silvestri), Argentina: Córdoba, Cernadas (F. Silvestri), Argentina: Mendoza, San Luis (F. Silvestri), Mendoza, Cacheuta (F. Silvestri), Argentina: Entre Rios, Federacion (F. Silvestri).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Bruch, 1914: 229;
    • combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 78.
    • Subspecies of punctulatus: Santschi, 1912e: 534; Bruch, 1914: 229; Santschi, 1916e: 396; Bruch, 1917c: 165; Emery, 1925b: 78; Santschi, 1931e: 282; Santschi, 1939e: 326; Kusnezov, 1952d: 216; Kempf, 1972a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 104.
    • Distribution: Argentina, Uruguay.

Description

References

  • Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Rev. Mus. La Plata 19: 211-234 (page 229, Combination in C. (Myrmoturba))
  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 190, soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 78, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))