Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 11 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Emery, 1888e PDF: 691;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 248;
von Jhering, 1894 PDF: 375;
Forel, 1895b PDF: 104;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 375 (in list);
Pergande, 1896 PDF: 864;
Emery, 1903: 70;
Emery, 1906c PDF: 189;
Forel, 1913m PDF: 248;
Bruch, 1914 PDF: 229;
Bruch, 1916 PDF: 349;
Santschi, 1916e PDF: 395;
Santschi, 1920d PDF: 386;
Santschi, 1922d PDF: 104;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 78;
Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 145;
Eidmann, 1936b PDF: 94;
Santschi, 1939e PDF: 324 (in key);
Kusnezov, 1952f PDF: 215;
Kusnezov, 1953c PDF: 339;
Kempf, 1972b PDF: 70;
Zolessi et al., 1988: 6;
Brandão, 1991 PDF: 335;
Bolton, 1995b: 119;
Wild, 2007b PDF: 28;
Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 113.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil,
Mexico,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Uruguay Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Neotropical
Distribution Notes:
Paraguay: Caaguazú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Pte. Hayes, Paraguarí
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
punctulatus MayrHNS 1868.
Caaguazú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Pte. Hayes, Paraguarí (ALWC, INBP, IFML, MZSP).
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Grassland, 2 times found in coastal desert, 1 times found in roadside.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Nest in soil, 2 times ground forager(s), 1 times ground foragers.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times direct collection, 1 times bait.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 3090 meters, 270 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1993-10-03 00:00:00.0 and 2013-08-04 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Lectotype of Camponotus punctulatus: casent0915801; type of Camponotus punctulatus: focol2350, focol2351
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