Camponotus traili

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Camponotus traili
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. traili
Binomial name
Camponotus traili
Mayr, 1878

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.036111111° to -14.79861111°.

 
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0906858. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Syntype of Dendromyrmex traili rufogaster. Worker. Specimen code casent0910755. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • traili. Camponotus traili Mayr, 1878: 868 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Fernández, 2002: 76), 3 paralectotype workers.
    • Type-locality: lectotype Brazil: “Nord-Brasilien in der Umgegend des Amazonenstromes” (J. Trail); paralectotypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Combination in Dendromyrmex: Emery, 1896d: 378;
    • combination in Camponotus (Dendromyrmex): Fernández, 2002: 76.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 254; Forel, 1895b: 105; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Mann, 1916: 484; Emery, 1925b: 174; Borgmeier, 1927c: 163; Kempf, 1972a: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 169; Fernández, 2002: 76 (redescription).
    • Senior synonym of graciliceps: Fernández, 2002: 77.
    • Senior synonym of madeirensis: Fernández, 2002: 77.
    • Senior synonym of romani: Fernández, 2002: 77.
    • Senior synonym of rufogaster: Fernández, 2002: 77.
    • Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Venezuela.
  • graciliceps. Dendromyrmex graciliceps Viehmeyer, 1916b: 290 (w.) BOLIVIA.
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Bolivia: Mapiri (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • [Misspelled as gracilipes by Santschi, 1921g: 102; Fernández, 2002: 77.]
    • Junior synonym of rufogaster: Santschi, 1921g: 102; Emery, 1925b: 174; Bolton, 1995b: 169.
    • Junior synonym of traili: Fernández, 2002: 77.
  • madeirensis. Dendromyrmex madeirensis Mann, 1916: 486 (w.) BRAZIL (Rondônia).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso (now Rondônia), Rio Madeira, Abuná, 1911, (Stanford Expd.) (W.M. Mann).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 6; Emery, 1925b: 174; Borgmeier, 1927c: 162; Kempf, 1972a: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 169.
    • Junior synonym of traili: Fernández, 2002: 77.
  • romani. Dendromyrmex madeirensis var. romani Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 6 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus, iii.1915 (A. Roman).
    • Type-depository: MCZC or NHRS.
    • [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Camponotus abdominalis romani Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 5.]
    • Subspecies of madeirensis: Emery, 1925b: 174; Borgmeier, 1927c: 162; Kempf, 1972a: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 169.
    • Junior synonym of traili: Fernández, 2002: 77.
  • rufogaster. Dendromyrmex traili subsp. rufogaster Mann, 1916: 484 (w.) BOLIVIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Bolivia: (no further data) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Subspecies of traili: Santschi, 1921g: 102; Emery, 1925b: 174; Kempf, 1972a: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 169.
    • Junior synonym of traili: Fernández, 2002: 77.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fernández F. 2002. Revisión de las hormigas Camponotus subgénero Dendromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo). 42: 47-101.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1953. La fauna mirmecológica de Bolivia. Folia Universitaria. Cochabamba 6: 211-229.
  • Mann W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 399-490
  • Viehmeyer H. 1916. Ameisen von den Philippinen und anderer Herkunft (Hym.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 5: 283-291.
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