Camponotus sexguttatus unitaeniatus
Camponotus sexguttatus unitaeniatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. sexguttatus |
Subspecies: | C. sexguttatus unitaeniatus |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus sexguttatus unitaeniatus Wheeler, W.M., 1923 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Peru (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- unitaeniatus. Camponotus sexguttatus var. unitaeniatus Wheeler, W.M. 1923c: 7 (w.) PERU.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Peru: Chaquimayo (N. Holmgren).
- Type-depository: NHRS (perhaps also MCZC).
- Combination in C. (Myrmosphincta): Kempf, 1972a: 59.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1923c: 8 (in key).
- Subspecies of sexguttatus: Kusnezov, 1952d: 224; Kempf, 1972a: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 128; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 113.
- Distribution: Peru.
Description
References
- 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)