Camponotus ramulorum mestrei

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Camponotus ramulorum mestrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. ramulorum
Subspecies: C. ramulorum mestrei
Trinomial name
Camponotus ramulorum mestrei
Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 23.066667° to 23.066667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Cuba (type locality), Greater Antilles.

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.

  • mestrei. Camponotus ramulorum var. mestrei Wheeler, W.M. 1913b: 503 (s.w.) CUBA.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “numerous”).
    • Type-locality: Cuba: Havana (C.H. Eigenmann).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 82.
    • Subspecies of ramulorum: Emery, 1925b: 82; Kempf, 1972a: 71; Alayo, 1974: 45; Bolton, 1995b: 111.
    • Distribution: Cuba.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 82, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1913b. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 54: 477-505 (page 503, soldier, worker described)