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Species: Camponotus blandus   (Smith, 1858) 


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Camponotus blandus aequinotus, Camponotus blandus denudatus, Camponotus blandus pronotalis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

3 subspecies

Formica blanda Smith, 1858a PDF: 43 (w.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 5; in Camponotus (Myrmocamelus): Forel, 1913m PDF: 249; in Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1920b PDF: 256.
Current subspecies: nominal plus Camponotus blandus aequinotus, Camponotus blandus denudatus, Camponotus blandus pronotalis.

Distribution:


Neotropical Region: Americas, Aragua, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Francisco Morazán, French Guiana, Guanacaste, Guyana, Honduras, Mendoza, Mexico, Paraguay, Pará, Peru, Puntarenas, South America, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Distribution Notes:

Costa Rica to Argentina. Costa Rica: seasonally dry areas of northwestern lowlands.

Biology:

Natural History:

In Costa Rica, this species appears to be an inhabitant of open, disturbed areas in the seasonally dry areas of northwestern Costa Rica. I know it from two collections of foragers, one from a city park in the middle of Liberia, and one from sweepnetting scrubby roadside vegetation along the road to Monteverde, near the PanAmerican highway. I have never seen a nest.

References:

Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Camponotus blandus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 41, (download) 41 21367
Camponotus blandus   Forel, A., 1908, Fourmis de Costa-Rica, récoltées par M. Paul Biolley., Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44, pp. 35-72: 72, (download) 72 4014

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in savanna, 1 times found in scrubby riparian vegetation, 1 times found in farm, 1 times found in roadside vegetation, 1 times found in agricultural/urban, 1 times found in city park, 1 times found in coastal dry scrub.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Sweep sample of roadside vegetation., 1 times on ground, 1 times on cashew, 1 times general collecting, 1 times foragers on ground.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times search.

Elevations: collected from 10 - 800 meters, 165 meters average

Type specimens: Holotype of Camponotus blandus: casent0903612; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus blandus rosariensis mendozensis: casent0910629, casent0910630



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