Camponotus sexguttatus biguttatus

Camponotus sexguttatus biguttatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sexguttatus
Subspecies:	C. sexguttatus biguttatus
Trinomial name
Camponotus sexguttatus biguttatus Emery, 1894

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 12.225° to 11.995°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (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.

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.

• biguttatus. Camponotus biguttatus Emery, 1894c: 174 (s.w.) BOLIVIA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Bolivia: Coroico (L. Balzan) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 59; no lectotype designated), Bolivia: Chilumani-Yungas (L. Balzan).
  • [Note: in the original publication the type-locality is given as “Districts of Coroico and Chilumani-Yungas”; the two are not separated.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Emery, 1925b: 152.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 375 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 226.
  • Subspecies of sexguttatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1923c: 8 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 152; Kusnezov, 1952d: 224; Kempf, 1972a: 59; Bolton, 1995b: 89.
  • Distribution: Bolivia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 89, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 26: 137-241 (page 174, soldier, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1898a. Aggiunte e correzioni al saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrachis [sic] e affini. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 2: 225-231 (page 226, senior synonym of grenadensis)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 152, combination in C. (Myrmosphincta))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 152, senior synonym of grenadensis)
• 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 8, variety of sexguttatus)