Camponotus wheeleri

Camponotus wheeleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. wheeleri
Binomial name
Camponotus wheeleri Mann, 1916

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.4° to -13.983333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Ecuador.

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.

• wheeleri. Camponotus (Myrmothrix) wheeleri Mann, 1916: 477, pl. 6, figs. 49-51 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rondônia).
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated, “a small series”).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso (now Rondônia), Madeira-Mamoré Railroad Company Camp 41, 1911 (Stanford Expd.) (W.M. Mann).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in C. (Myrmoplatypus): Santschi, 1921f: 311.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 170; Borgmeier, 1927c: 160; Kempf, 1972a: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 130; Mackay & Mackay, 2019: 770.
  • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1937a. Some new forms of Formicidae and a correction. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(19): 619-628 (page 623, worker described [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of wheeleri Mann])

• Fernández, F. 2002a. Revisión de las hormigas Camponotus subgénero Dendromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 42: 47-101 (page 80, Junior synonym of apicalis)

• 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 (page 477, pl. 6, figs. 49-51 soldier, worker described)

• Santschi, F. 1921f. Retouches aux sous-genres de Camponotus. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 61: 310-312 (page 311, Combination in C. (Myrmoplatypus))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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
• Salazar F., and D. A. Donoso. 2013. New ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) records for Ecuador deposited at the Carl Rettenmeyer ant collection in the QCAZ Museum. Boletín Tecnico 11, Serie Zoológica 8-9: 151 – 177.