Camponotus sexguttatus basirectus

Camponotus sexguttatus basirectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sexguttatus
Subspecies:	C. sexguttatus basirectus
Trinomial name
Camponotus sexguttatus basirectus Wheeler, W.M., 1923

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

Nomenclature

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

• basirectus. Camponotus sexguttatus subsp. basirectus Wheeler, W.M. 1923c: 7 (w.) BRAZIL (no state data).
  • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data) (H. Mosen).
  • Type-depository: NHRS (perhaps also MCZC).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Kempf, 1972a: 59.
  • Subspecies of sexguttatus: Kusnezov, 1952d: 224; Kempf, 1972a: 59; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
  • Distribution: Brazil.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 88, catalogue)
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 59, combination in C. (Myrmosphincta))
• Wheeler, W. M. 1923d. Report on the ants collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Stud. Nat. Hist. Iowa Univ. 10(3 3: 3-9 (page 7, worker described)