Camponotus rusticus

Camponotus rusticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. rusticus
Binomial name
Camponotus rusticus Santschi, 1916 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.217939° to -21.217939°.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0914427. Photographer Jayanthi Puniamoorthy, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Worker. Specimen code casent0914428. Photographer Jayanthi Puniamoorthy, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code fmnhins0000062973. Photographer Alexandra Westrich, uploaded by Field Museum.	Owned by FMNH.

Nomenclature

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

• rusticus. Camponotus (Myrmamblys) rusticus Santschi, 1916e: 398, fig. (s.) ARGENTINA (Chaco).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) major worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Argentina: Chaco (E. von Steiger).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 156.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 156; Kempf, 1972a: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 121.
  • Distribution: Argentina.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 156, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
• Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (B. Aires) 2: 365-399 (page 398, fig. worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
• Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)