Species: Camponotus balzani

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2019)

Camponotus balzani Emery, 1894d PDF: 166 (s.w.) BOLIVIA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1918a PDF: 726 (q.); [missing reference] Mariano, et al., 2001: 272 (k.).

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1914a PDF: 268; in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 79.

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Canindeyú

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55

balzani EmeryHNS 1894a.

Canindeyú (ALWC).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in 2nd growth rainforest, 1 times found in edge of second-growth rainforest, 1 times found in edge secondgrowth rainforest, 1 times found in bosque alto, 1 times found in cocoa plantation.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times ex Cecropia, 1 times Nest in base of dead standing palm trunk, 1 times leaf litter, 1 times in rotten cocoa pod.

Elevations: collected from 10 - 400 meters, 275 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Camponotus balzani: casent0905198, casent0905811

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Species: Camponotus balzani Emery, 1894

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