Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica distinguenda Spinola, 1851a PDF: 235 (w.m.) CHILE. Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Chile: Coquimbo (
C. Gay?) (by restriction of
Kempf, 1970a PDF: 33). Primary type depository: MRSN. Type notes: Other original syntype locality: Chile: Santa Rosa (
C. Gay?).
AntCat AntWiki Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 51;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 5;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 398;
Mayr, 1886c PDF: 364;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 228;
Emery, 1895k PDF: 18;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 375 (in list);
Emery, 1903: 69;
Emery, 1906c PDF: 191;
Forel, 1907h PDF: 10;
Bruch, 1914 PDF: 228;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 78;
Donisthorpe, 1933d PDF: 538;
Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935 PDF: 101;
Menozzi, 1935c PDF: 329;
Kusnezov, 1952f PDF: 209;
Kusnezov, 1953b PDF: 112 (in key);
Kusnezov, 1960b PDF: 397;
Kempf, 1970a PDF: 33;
Kempf, 1972b PDF: 67;
Snelling & Hunt, 1976 PDF: 120;
Brandão, 1991 PDF: 335;
Bolton, 1995b: 96;
Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 112.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Argentina,
Chile,
Peru Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Neotropical
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in shrub steppe.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ground nest.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times canopy fogging.
Elevations: collected from 40 - 1182 meters, 830 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1922-03-01 00:00:00.0 and 2001-12-06 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Lectotype of Camponotus distinguendus santacruziana: casent0905205; syntype of Camponotus conithorax nautarum: casent0911937; syntype of Camponotus distinguendus tenuipubens: casent0911938
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