Species: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) punctulatus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Extant: 11 valid subspecies

Camponotus punctulatus Mayr, 1868b PDF: 161 (w.q.) ARGENTINA. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Goñi et al., 1984 PDF: 366 (k.).

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913m PDF: 248.

Combination in Camponotus (Neomyrmamblys): Wheeler, 1922: 708.

Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 78.

Subspecies of Camponotus tenuiscapus: Emery, 1888c PDF: 365; Emery, 1893m PDF: 254 (footnote); Emery, 1896j PDF: 375; Forel, 1899b PDF: 130.

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, Brazil, 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, 1 times found in roadside.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Nest in soil, 1 times ground foragers.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times direct collection, 1 times bait.

Elevations: collected from 10 - 3090 meters, 307 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1993-10-03 and 2013-08-04

Type specimens:

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