Camponotus simillimus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica simillima Smith, F. 1862b: 30 (q.) PANAMA.
 * Forel, 1886f: 152 (s.w.).
 * Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1870a: 374;
 * combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Santschi, 1922c: 97;
 * combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 82.
 * Subspecies of sylvaticus: Mayr, 1880: 23.
 * Subspecies of rubripes: Forel, 1886f: 143, 152; Emery, 1888c: 364.
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1890b: 56; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 241 (footnote), 253; Emery, 1894k: 62; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Forel, 1901c: 135; Forel, 1901h: 69; Forel, 1908c: 406; Forel, 1912i: 70; Luederwaldt, 1918: 50.
 * Subspecies of picipes: Emery, 1920b: 233 (footnote).
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 421; Mayr, 1870a: 374 (in key); Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); Emery, 1890a: 70; Dalla Torre, 1893: 253; von Jhering, 1894: 372; Forel, 1895b: 104; Santschi, 1922c: 97; Emery, 1925b: 82; Borgmeier, 1927c: 146; Santschi, 1936b: 206; Kempf, 1972a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 124; Mackay & Delsinne, 2009: 496 (in key).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus atratior, impatibilis, riograndensis.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Emery C. 1890. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 22: 38-8
 * Emery C. 1890. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)10: 55-76.
 * Emery C. 1896. Formiche raccolte dal dott. E. Festa nei pressi del golfo di Darien. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 11(229): 1-4.
 * Favretto M. A., E. Bortolon dos Santos, and C. J. Geuster. 2013. Entomofauna from West of Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. EntomoBrasilis 6 (1): 42-63.
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1901. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82.
 * Forel A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 340-418.
 * Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/
 * Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.
 * Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
 * Santschi F. 1922. Camponotus néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 62: 97-124.
 * Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-611.