Camponotus christopherseni

This Central American species has been found nesting in Yucca plants in Guatemala. The major workers have a strongly truncated (phragmotic) head.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Panama.

Nomenclature

 *  christopherseni. Camponotus (Colobopsis) christopherseni Forel, 1912i: 85 (s.w.q.) PANAMA. Combination in C. (Hypercolobopsis): Emery, 1925b: 160; in C. (Myrmeurynota): Kempf, 1960f: 464. Possible junior synonym of linnaei: Kempf, 1960f: 464.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Flores, C. P., J. A. R. Garza, and A. E. C. Ramirez. 2004. Conocimiento Tlapaneco de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Malinaltepec, Guerrero, Mexico. Etnobiologia 4: 19-28.
 * Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 20: 59-92.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Wheeler W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262.
 * Yanoviak S. P., and M. Kaspari. 2000. Community structure and the habitat templet: ants in the tropical forest canopy and litter. Oikos 89: 259-266.