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Species: Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps   (Smith, 1858) 

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2022)

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

Formica atriceps Smith, 1858a PDF: 44 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Replacement name for Camponotus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1804). [Junior primary homonym of Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802 (Bolton, 1995b: 86).]
[Note: Camponotus atriceps oldest junior synonym of Camponotus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1804) (synonymy by Roger, 1862c PDF: 285, confirmed by Hashmi, 1973b: 83); hence Camponotus atriceps first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 83).]
Mayr, 1862 PDF: 660 (q.); Forel, 1878c PDF: 76 (m.); Mariano et al., 2001: 269 (k.).
Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 660; Roger, 1862c PDF: 285.
[Note: Forel, 1879a PDF: 76 gives Camponotus atriceps as senior synonym, but Camponotus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1804) has priority.]
Senior synonym of Camponotus esuriens: Bolton, 1995b: 86.
Senior synonym of Camponotus stercorarius: Bolton, 1995b: 86.
Senior synonym of Camponotus taeniatus: Mayr, 1870a PDF: 378 (in text); Forel, 1879a PDF: 76; Forel, 1895b PDF: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 86.
Senior synonym of Camponotus ustulatus: Bolton, 1995b: 86.
Senior synonym of Camponotus vulpinus: Bolton, 1995b: 86.
[Note: all the junior synonyms in Bolton, 1995b: 86, were initially synonymised with the junior primary homonym Camponotus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1804) by Hashmi, 1973b: 82–83.]
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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical
  Native to (according to species list records):
    Nearctic, Neotropical bioregions

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Camponotus atriceps   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 27, (download) 27 21367
Camponotus atriceps   Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 660, (download) 660 4445

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 39 times found in lowland wet forest, 26 times found in tropical moist forest, 17 times found in lowland rainforest, 9 times found in lowland tropical rain forest, 18 times found in tropical rainforest, 14 times found in rainforest, 12 times found in Port of entry, 4 times found in pine/oak forest, 14 times found in 2º wet forest, 13 times found in wet forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 61 times ex sifted leaf litter, 35 times beating vegetation, 35 times at bait, 29 times Malaise trap, 9 times mercury vapor lamp, 7 times strays, 2 times ex carton nest, 1 times nest under bark of dead root, 4 times nocturnal foragers, 4 times ex canopy Malaise trap, 2 times under stone, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 84 times search, 23 times hand collecting, 48 times MiniWinkler, 37 times Beating, 36 times Baiting, 33 times Malaise, 11 times blacklight, 12 times Red de golpeo, 10 times MaxiWinkler, 10 times flight intercept trap, 8 times direct collection, ...

Elevations: collected from 2 - 2290 meters, 557 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1883-12-31 and 2022-01-15

Type specimens: Holotype of Camponotus atriceps: casent0903607; Holotype of Formica esuriens: casent0903608; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis costaricensis: casent0910333, casent0910334; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis cupiens: casent0910335, casent0910336; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis depressidens: casent0911799, casent0911800; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis epistomatus: casent0911801; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis fuchsae: casent0910337, casent0910338; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis laevilata: casent0911802; syntype of Camponotus abdominalis mediopallidus: casent0910339, casent0910340; syntype of Camponotus atriceps stercorarius: casent0910343; syntype of Camponotus atriceps ustulatus: casent0910341, casent0910342; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus abdominalis cupiens luisae: casent0911794; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus abdominalis cupiens misionensis: casent0911795, casent0911796; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus abdominalis floridanus defrictus: casent0911797, casent0911798; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus abdominalis floridanus panamanus: casent0911805; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus abdominalis mediopallidus flavobasalis: casent0911803, casent0911804; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus abdominalis stercorarius bahai: casent0910344



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