Camponotus rectangularis willowsi

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Camponotus rectangularis willowsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. rectangularis
Subspecies: C. rectangularis willowsi
Trinomial name
Camponotus rectangularis willowsi
Wheeler, W.M., 1933

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 18.956167° to 16.683°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

  • willowsi. Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis var. willowsi Wheeler, W.M. 1933a: 63 (w.) MEXICO (Guerrero).
    • Type-material: holotype minor worker.
    • Type-locality: Mexico: Acapulco, 5.iv.1932 (M. Willows).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • [Also described as new, Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis rubroniger var. willowsi Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 223 (w.) MEXICO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • [Note: Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 223, includes a second minor worker, also from Acapulco (F. Knab).]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Kempf, 1972a: 56.
    • Subspecies of rectangularis: Bolton, 1995b: 130.
    • Distribution: Mexico.

Description

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1933a. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 6. Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 21: 57-64 (page 63, worker described)