Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus

Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sericeiventris
Subspecies:	C. sericeiventris satrapus
Trinomial name
Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus Wheeler, W.M., 1931

Wheeler's description of this subspecies lists many occurrence records but provides no details about its biology.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.25° to 4.15°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama (type locality), Peru.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• satrapus. Camponotus (Myrmepomis) sericeiventris var. satrapa Wheeler, W.M. 1931c: 92 (s.w.q.) PANAMA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I. (collections made by each of the following: W.M. Wheeler, N. Banks, P. Rau, W.C. Allee and P. Haskins).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1931c: 90 (in key).
  • Subspecies of sericeiventris: Kusnezov, 1952d: 223; Kempf, 1972a: 48; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 113.
  • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Peru.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

maxima Length 14-15 mm.; head 4.8 mm. long, 4.4 mm. wide ; hind tibia 5 mm.

Very similar to the typical sericeiventris but somewhat smaller and with more brilliant, golden pubescence, longer and denser on the vertex, thorax and petiole; hairs blackish at base, with yellow tips. Sides of head blackish or dark brown, smoother and more shining, their punctures sparser. Border of petiole usually produced or subdentate in the middle.

major, media and minor Length 6-13 mm.

Very similar to the corresponding phases of the typical sericeiventris but the pubescence is more golden, as in the maxima, and the petiolar border is usually more or less distinctly subdentate in the middle.

Queen

Length about 16 mm.

Closely resembling the female of the typical sericeiventris but with entirely black head and thorax, the former more deeply excised behind and with much smoother and more shining sides, the petiolar border without a median notch and with less produced lateral corners. Wing membranes distinctly more deeply infuscated. Appressed pubescence more golden as in the worker satrapa, and the convergence of the pubescence on the second and third gastric segments even more pronounced than in the typical sericeiventris.

Type Material

Barro Colorado Island (Wheeler; N. Banks, P. Rau; W.C. Allee; P. Haskins).

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1931d. The ant Camponotus (Myrmepomis) sericeiventris Guérin and its mimic. Psyche (Camb.) 38: 86-98 (page 92, soldier, worker, queen described)