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Camponotus simillimus atratior
| Camponotus simillimus atratior | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. simillimus |
| Subspecies: | C. simillimus atratior |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus simillimus atratior Santschi, 1922 | |
Identification
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. |
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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.
- atratior. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) simillimum st. atratior Santschi, 1922c: 98, fig. 1 (s.w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Alcatrazes Is (H. Luederwaldt).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 82.
- Subspecies of simillimus: Emery, 1925b: 82; Borgmeier, 1927c: 146; Kempf, 1972a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 82, combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Santschi, F. 1922d. Camponotus néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 62: 97-124 (page 98, fig. 1 soldier, worker described)