Camponotus sexguttatus antiguanus

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 16.255° to 16.248°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Antigua and Barbuda (type locality), Guadeloupe.

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.

• antiguanus. Camponotus sexguttatus var. antiguanus Wheeler, W.M. 1923c: 7 (s.w.m.) ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (Antigua).
  • Type-material: 7 syntype major and minor workers, 1 syntype male.
  • Type-locality: Antigua & Barbuda: Antigua I. (no further data) (University of Iowa Barbados-Antigua Expd.), 1918 (D. Stoner).
  • Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also ISUI).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Kempf, 1972a: 58.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1923c: 8 (in key).
  • Subspecies of sexguttatus: Kusnezov, 1952d: 224; Kempf, 1972a: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
  • Distribution: Antigua & Barbuda.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 58, combination in C. (Myrmosphincta))
• Meurgey, F. 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786: 1–183.
• 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, soldier, worker, male described)