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Camponotus santschii
| Camponotus santschii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. santschii |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus santschii Forel, 1899 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality), Ecuador.
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. |
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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.
- santschii. Camponotus mucronatus r. santschi Forel, 1899c: 145 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Naranjo, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel).
- [Note: Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in Forel, 1902b: 170.]
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus): Emery, 1925b: 167.
- Subspecies of mucronatus: Forel, 1902b: 172; Emery, 1925b: 167; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 226; Kempf, 1972a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 122.
- Status as species: Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 767.
- Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Panama.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 167, Combination in C. (Myrmocladoecus))
- Forel, A. 1899i. Formicidae. [concl.]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 137-160 (page 145, worker described)
- Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E. 2019. Género Camponotus. Capítulo 26 (pp. 743-789). In Fernández, F., Guerrero, R.J. & Delsinne, T. (eds). Hormigas de Colombia: 1198 pp. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogo*Pazmiño-Palomino, A., Troya, A. 2022. Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 66(2):e20210089 (doi:10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0089).
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