Camponotus scipio

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Camponotus scipio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. scipio
Binomial name
Camponotus scipio
Forel, 1908

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Specimen labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.809943° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Paraguay (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

Images from AntWeb

Camponotus scipio casent0173449 head 1.jpgCamponotus scipio casent0173449 profile 1.jpgCamponotus scipio casent0173449 dorsal 1.jpgCamponotus scipio casent0173449 label 1.jpg
Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0173449. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • scipio. Camponotus scipio Forel, 1908c: 410 (s.w.q.m.) PARAGUAY.
    • Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 271.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1909a: 265; Santschi, 1922c: 121; Emery, 1925b: 164; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 123; Wild, 2007b: 28.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus insignis.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 410, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1909. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909: 239-269.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.
  • Santschi F. 1922. Camponotus néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 62: 97-124.
  • Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.