Camponotus striatus

Camponotus striatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. striatus
Binomial name
Camponotus striatus (Smith, F., 1862) Specimen labels
Synonyms
Camponotus alfaroi Emery, 1890 Dolichoderus granulatus Pergande, 1896

Three minor workers taken by Dr. Skwarra at Camaron, Vera Cruz, in spines of Acacia sphaerocephala (Wheeler 1934). Gillette et al. (2015) in a Chaipas, Mexico field study of twig-nesting ants in coffee plants found C. striatus nesting on plants between 650-900 m in elevation.

Identification

Workers possess a very depressed metanotal suture, a strong, dotted, and opaque sculpture on the sides of the head, and the sides of the pronotum are finely sculptured with smooth sections (Mackay & Mackay 2018).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to 6.054166667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama (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.

Biology

De la Mora et al. (2016) found this species nesting in logs found in forests in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico.

Vanoye-Eligio et al. (2020) provide the following notes based on collections using Multilure-type traps from northeastern Mexico: Two Camponotus striatus workers and 1 major were recorded in Acacia sphaerocephala Schltdl. & Cham. (Fabaceae) and Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae) (Wheeler 1934; Gillette et al. 2015).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Dolichoderus granulatus. Worker. Specimen code castype00606. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Worker. Specimen code inbiocri002280548. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by JTLC.

Nomenclature

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

• striatus. Formica striata Smith, F. 1862b: 30 (w.) PANAMA.
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Panama: (no further data) (R.W. Stretch).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Emery, 1894k: 62 (s.); Menozzi, 1927d: 340 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Emery, 1892b: 167;
  • combination in C. (Myrmamblys): Forel, 1914a: 272;
  • combination in C. (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1920b: 260;
  • combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Emery, 1925b: 166; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 25.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 421; Emery, 1892b: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1894k: 62; Emery, 1896d: 377 (in list); Emery, 1896g: 38; Forel, 1899c: 147; Forel, 1914a: 272; Emery, 1920b: 260; Emery, 1925b: 166; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Menozzi, 1927d: 340; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 210; Eidmann, 1936b: 98; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259; Smith, M.R. 1953b: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 125; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; McArthur, 2012: 82; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 768.
  • Senior synonym of alfaroi: Emery, 1892b: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1896d: 377; Emery, 1896g: 38; Emery, 1925b: 166; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
  • Senior synonym of granulatus: Smith, M.R. 1953b: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 125.
  • Distribution: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama.
• alfaroi. Camponotus alfaroi Emery, 1890b: 57 (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Subspecies of striatus: Forel, 1899c: 147; Forel, 1902b: 172; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 259.
  • Junior synonym of striatus: Emery, 1892b: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; Emery, 1896g: 38; Emery, 1925b: 166; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 85.
• granulatus. Dolichoderus granulatus Pergande, 1896: 866 (w.) MEXICO (Nayarit).
  • Type-material: 12 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Mexico: Nayarit, Tepic, x.-xi.1894 (G. Eisen & Vaslit).
  • Type-depository: USNM.
  • Junior synonym of striatus: Smith, M.R. 1953b: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 102.

References

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