Camponotus rubrithorax

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus rubrithorax Forel, 1899c: 142 (w.) MEXICO (Puebla, Morelos).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 271.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1901c: 136; Emery, 1925b: 164; Stitz, 1937: 135; Kempf, 1972a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 121.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus nigrithorax.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Castano-Meneses G. 2013. Estado del conocimiento de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en Querétaro, México. In Formicidae de Mexico (eds. M. Vasquez-Bolanos, G. Castano-Meneses, A. Cisneros-Caballero, G. A. Quiroz-Rocha, and J. L. Navarrete-Heredia) p 46-51.
 * Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
 * Flores-Flores, R. V., A. Aguirre, D. V. Anjos, F.R. Neves, R. I. Campos, and W. Dattilo. 2018. Food source quality and ant dominance hierarchy influence the outcomes of ant-plant interactions in an arid environment. Acta Oecologica 87: 13-19.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Luna, P., Y. Penaloza-Arellanes, A. L. Castillo-Meza, J. H. Garcia-Chavez, and W. Dattilo. 2018. Beta diversity of ant-plant interactions over day-night periods and plant physiognomies in a semiarid environment. Journal of Arid Environments 156: 69-76.
 * Mendoza, R. G., and G. Castano-Meneses. 2007. Selected foraging activity of Camponotus rubrithorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Zapotitlan Salinas Valley, Puebla, Mexico. Sociobiology 50: 435-448.
 * Rico-Gray V., M. Palacios-Rios, and J. G. Garcia-Franco. 1998. Richness and Seasonal Variation of Ant-Plant Associations Mediated by Plant-Derived Food Resources in the Semiarid Zapotitlan Valley, Mexico. Am. Midl. Nat. 140: 21-26.
 * Rico-Gray,V., J.G. Garcia-Franco, M. Palacios-Rios, C. Diaz-Castelazo, V. Parra-Tabla and J.A. Navarro. 1998. Geographical and Seasonal Variation in the Richness of Ant-Plant Interactions in Mexico. Biotropica 30(2):190-200.
 * Rios-Casanova, L., A. Valiente-Banuet, and V. Rico-Gray. (2004). Las hormigas del Valle de Tehuacan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): una comparacion con otras zonas aridas de Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 20: 37-54.
 * Ríos-Casanova, L., A. Valiente-Banuet and V. Rico-Gray. 2004. Las hormigas del Valle de Tehuacan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Una comparacion con otras zonas aridas de Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 20(1):37-54
 * Serrano-Cardozo, V. H., J. A. Lemos-Espinal, and G. R. Smith. 2008. Comparative diet of three sympatric Sceloporus in the semiarid Zapotitlan Valley, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 79: 427-434.
 * Vasquez-Bolanos M. 2011. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mexico. Dugesiana 18(1): 95-133.
 * Vergara-Torres C. A., M. Vasquez-Bolanos, A. M. Corona-Lopez, V. H. Toledo-Hernandez, and A. Flores-Palacios. 2016. Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Diversity in the Canopy of a Tropical Dry Forest in Tepoztl an, Central Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2016: 1–7.
 * Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133