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Genus: Camponotus   Mayr, 1861 

Classification:

Current Valid Name:


Homonyms:

Ashmead, 1905

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Extant: 1,083 valid species, 411 valid subspecies

Fossil: 29 valid species

Camponotus Mayr, 1861 PDF: 35. Type-species: Formica ligniperda, by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1903 PDF: 347. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Type-species not Formica herculeana, unjustified subsequent designation by Forel, 1914a PDF: 259; repeated by Arnold, 1922 PDF: 612.]
Camponotus in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 367 [Camponotidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 447 [Camponotidae]; Forel, 1892k PDF: 223 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 219 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e PDF: 188 [Camponotinae].
Camponotus as subgenus of Formica: Smith, 1871b PDF: 306.
Camponotus as genus: all authors except Smith, 1871a PDF: 306.
Camponotus as senior synonym of †Paleosminthurus: Snelling, R.R. (pers. comm. to B. Bolton, 2004). [Synonymy remained unpublished at his death in 2008, but is accepted provisionally here.]
[Note (i): all subgenera were given as provisional junior synonyms of Camponotus by Brown, 1973b PDF: 179-185. The list was repeated by Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18, and Tang et al., 1995: 112, with all subgenera listed as junior synonyms. They reverted to subgeneric status in Brandão, 1991 PDF: 330 (Neotropical), Bolton, 1994: 50 (world), and Bolton, 2003 PDF: 113 (world). The entry of Myrmophyma and Thlipsepinotus under the synonymy of Camponotus by Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109, is not accepted as confirmation as not all taxa were included.]
[Note (ii): the subgeneric classification is retained here pending formal revision. While some subgenera appear monophyletic it is clear that several are patently artificial, including the largest subgenus, Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex).]
Genus Camponotus catalogues
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397; Roger, 1863b PDF: 1; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 447 (Europe Camponotus); Cresson, 1887 PDF: 255 (U.S.A. Camponotus, Colobopsis); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 219 (Rhinomyrmex, Mayria, Camponotus); Emery, 1896j PDF: 364, 378 (classification, list); Emery, 1896j PDF: 378 (Dendromyrmex); Emery, 1898a PDF: 225 (additions to Emery, 1896j PDF catalogue); Forel, 1914a PDF: 266 (species listed by subgenus); Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 8 (Old World checklist); Wheeler, 1922: 948, 1039 (Afrotropical, Malagasy); Wheeler, 1922: 992 (Phasmomyrmex); Emery, 1925d PDF: 57, 58 (Phasmomyrmex, Phasmomyrmex (Myrmorhachis), Phasmomyrmex (Myrmacantha)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 59; Emery, 1925d PDF: 69 (Camponotus (Dinomyrmex)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 70 (Camponotus (Myrmoxygenys), Camponotus (Myrmopsamma)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 71 (Camponotus (Camponotus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 75 (Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 104 (Camponotus (Myrmosericus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 107 (Camponotus (Myrmothrix)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 109 (Camponotus (Myrmophyma)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 112 (Camponotus (Myrmosaulus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 114 (Camponotus (Myrmopytia)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 115 (Camponotus (Karavaievia)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 116 (Camponotus (Myrmentoma)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 121 (Camponotus (Mayria)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 123 (Camponotus (Myrmonesites)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 124 (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 126 (Camponotus (Myrmepinotus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 127 (Camponotus (Myrmopiromis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 130 (Camponotus (Myrmotrema)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 133 Camponotus (Myrmisolepis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 134 (Camponotus (Myrmotarsus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 135 (Camponotus (Myrmoplatys)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 136 (Camponotus (Myrmamblys)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 142 (Camponotus (Rhinomyrmex)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 143 (Camponotus (Myrmogonia)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 144 (Camponotus (Colobopsis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 151 (Camponotus (Myrmosphincta)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 152 (Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 157 (Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 159 (Camponotus (Manniella)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 160 (Camponotus (Hypercolobopsis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 161 (Camponotus (Myrmostenus), Camponotus (Myrmobrachys)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 166 (Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 167 (Camponotus (Myrmeurynota)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 168 (Camponotus (Myrmodirhachis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 169 (Camponotus (Myrmomalis), Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 170 (Camponotus (Myrmepomis)); Emery, 1925d PDF: 172 (Dendromyrmex); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 220 (Asia); Smith, 1951c PDF: 839 (North America); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 42, 95 (Neotropical Camponotus, Dendromyrmex); Smith, 1979: 1424 (North America); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109 (Australia); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 10, 16 (Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 332 (Neotropical catalogue); Bolton, 1995b: 83, 169 (Camponotus, Dendromyrmex); Bolton, 1995b: 316 (Phasmomyrmex); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 226 (Afrotropical, Malagasy checklist); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 362 (Phasmomyrmex checklist). [Note: world lists of species in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a PDF: 266; Emery, 1920b PDF: 255; Emery, 1925d PDF: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 130.]
Genus Camponotus references
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 35 (Europe species key); Mayr, 1865 PDF: 6, 7 (Camponotus, Colobopsis diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a PDF: 67 (Colobopsis diagnosis); Mayr, 1868b PDF: 27 (Baltic Amber species key); Mayr, 1870a PDF: 373 (Colombia + Panama (= New Grenada) species key); Mayr, 1870b PDF: 941 (Colobopsis species key); André, 1874b: 175 (Europe species key); Forel, 1874 PDF: 38 (Switzerland species key); Mayr, 1876 PDF: 58 (Australia species key); Mayr, 1878 PDF: 869 (all Dendromyrmex species key (as part of Camponotus)); Forel, 1878c PDF: 367, 368 (Camponotus, Colobopsis diagnoses); André, 1882b PDF: 138 (Europe, Algeria species key); André, 1882c PDF: 159 (Europe, Algeria Colobopsis species key); Provancher, 1887: 228 (Canada species key); Nasonov, 1889: 57 (Russia species key); Forel, 1891c PDF: 71, 216 (Madagascar species key); Forel, 1892k PDF: 223 (India, Sri Lanka species key); Emery, 1893k PDF: 667 (North America species key); Forel, 1893c PDF: 435 (India, Sri Lanka Camponotus (Colobopsis) species key); Emery, 1895l PDF: 772 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1896j PDF: 370 (species groups); Emery, 1903: 65 (Camponotus novogranadensis group key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 343, 348 (India, Sri Lanka, Burma Colobopsis, Camponotus species keys); Ruzsky, 1905b: 185 (Russian Empire species key); Emery, 1908a PDF: 183 (Palaearctic Camponotus herculeanus, Camponotus maculatus groups species key); Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 486 (Belgium species key); Wheeler, 1910g PDF: 297 (North America species key); Forel, 1914a PDF: 259, 266 (subgenera diagnoses); Stitz, 1914 PDF: 94 (Central Europe species key); Santschi, 1915c PDF: 266 (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 228 (Italy species key); Wheeler, 1916r: 600 (U.S.A., Connecticut species key); Mann, 1916 PDF: 489 (Dendromyrmex, all species key); Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 67 (France, Belgium species key); Emery, 1920b PDF: 235 (subgenera diagnoses); Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 8 (Old World Camponotus maculatus group, checklist, key); Wheeler, 1921a PDF: 16 (subgenera, notes); Santschi, 1921f PDF: 310 (subgenera, notes); Mann, 1921 PDF: 489, 499 (Fiji Is Camponotus (Myrmogonia), Camponotus (Colobopsis) species keys); Wheeler, 1922: 232 (Camponotus diagnosis); Wheeler, 1922: 703, 704 (short history of subgeneric classification, subgenera synopsis); Wheeler, 1922: 704 (Camponotus (Camponotus)); Wheeler, 1922: 992 (Phasmomyrmex diagnosis); Arnold, 1922 PDF: 610, 612, 619, 662, 673 (diagnosis, South Africa subgenera synopsis, South Africa Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex), Camponotus (Myrmophyma), Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) species keys); Arnold, 1924 PDF: 683, 700, 709, 724, 735 (South Africa Camponotus (Myrmosericus), Camponotus (Myrmamblys), Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex), Camponotus (Myrmotrema), Camponotus (Myrmepomis) species keys); Emery, 1925e PDF: 62 (Palaearctic Camponotus lateralis group, key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 57, 58 (Phasmomyrmex, Phasmomyrmex (Myrmorhachis), Phasmomyrmex (Myrmacantha) diagnoses); Emery, 1925d PDF: 59 (Camponotus diagnosis, subgenera key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 69 (Camponotus (Dinomyrmex) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 70 (Camponotus (Myrmoxygenys), Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) diagnoses); Emery, 1925d PDF: 71 (Camponotus (Camponotus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 75 (Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 104 (Camponotus (Myrmosericus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 107 (Camponotus (Myrmothrix) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 109 (Camponotus (Myrmophyma) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 112 (Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 114 (Camponotus (Myrmopytia) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 115 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 116 (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 121 (Camponotus (Mayria) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 123 (Camponotus (Myrmonesites) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 124 (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 126 (Camponotus (Myrmepinotus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 127 (Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 130 (Camponotus (Myrmotrema) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 133 (Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 134 (Camponotus (Myrmotarsus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 135 (Camponotus (Myrmoplatys) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 136 (Camponotus (Myrmamblys) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 142 (Camponotus (Rhinomyrmex) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 143 (Camponotus (Myrmogonia) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 144 (Camponotus (Colobopsis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 151 (Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 152 (Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 157 (Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 159 (Camponotus (Manniella) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 160 (Camponotus (Hypercolobopsis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 161 (Camponotus (Myrmostenus), Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) diagnoses); Emery, 1925d PDF: 166 (Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 167 (Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 168 (Camponotus (Myrmodirhachis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 169 (Camponotus (Myrmomalis), Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) diagnoses); Emery, 1925d PDF: 170 (Camponotus (Myrmepomis) diagnosis); Emery, 1925d PDF: 172 (Dendromyrmex diagnosis); Santschi, 1926a PDF: 16, 21 (Camponotus (Myrmopelta) diagnosis, species key); Karavaiev, 1927d: 275 (Ukraine species key); Arnol'di, 1933a: 601 (Russia species key); Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 81 (Israel species key); Menozzi, 1935c PDF: 330 (Chile species key); Karavaiev, 1936: 175 (Ukraine species key); Finzi, 1936 PDF: 190 (Egypt species key); Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 316 (Himalaya, Tibet species key); Santschi, 1939d PDF: 80 (North Africa Camponotus compressus group key); Stitz, 1939: 236 (Germany species key); Kratochvíl, 1941b PDF: 109 (Central Europe species key); Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 109 (Central Europe species key); Cole, 1942 PDF: 387 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Donisthorpe, 1942h PDF: 248 (Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) notes); Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 174 (Norway species key); Holgersen, 1944a PDF: 199 (Norway species key); Buren, 1944a PDF: 293 (U.S.A., Iowa species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 362 (Nearctic species keys); Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951 PDF: 29 (Camponotus herculeanus complex); Kusnezov, 1952f PDF: 192 (Argentina species key); Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957 PDF: 45 (Camponotus herculeanus complex); Pisarski, 1961 PDF: 175 (Poland species key); Gregg, 1963: 655 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1963: 163 (U.S.A., North Dakota species key); Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1817 (former U.S.S.R. Camponotus (Camponotus) species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 330 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Hashmi, 1973b: 1 (Camponotus (Myrmothrix) all species revision, key); Alayo, 1974 PDF: 27 (Cuba species key); Snelling & Hunt, 1976 PDF: 117 (Chile species key); Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 144 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 130 (Belgium species key); Kutter, 1977c PDF: 191 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 551 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 90 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 87 (Fennoscandia, Denmark species key); Allred, 1982: 445 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 264 (Germany species key); Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 275 (Saudi Arabia species key); Dumpert, 1986: 571 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 60 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 282 (Balkans species key); Snelling, 1988 PDF: 57 (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) Nearctic species key); Wang et al., 1989a: 222 (China species key); Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 125 (Turkmenistan species key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 164 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Morisita et al., 1991: 38 (Japan species key); Terayama, 1991b PDF: 165 (Japan Camponotus (Paramyrmamblys) species); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 207 (Bulgaria species key); Wang & Wu, 1994 PDF: 28 (China species key); Radchenko, 1994b: 116 (South Siberia species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 82 (Armenia species key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048 (census); Douwes, 1995: 92 (Sweden species key); Dumpert et al., 1995: 104 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) species key); Kupyanskaya, 1995: 352 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 168 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 370 (Saudi Arabia species key); Seifert, 1996b: 170 (Central Europe species key); Radchenko, 1996e: 1195 (Asiatic Palaearctic species key); Cagniant, 1996b: 87 (Morocco species key); McArthur & Adams, 1996 PDF: 18 (Australia Camponotus nigriceps group, key); Dlussky, 1997a PDF: 55 (in Baltic amber genera key); MacKay, 1997a PDF: 194 (Camponotus (Myrmostenus) species key); Mackay & MacKay, 1997b PDF: 319 (Camponotus montivagus complex, key); Robertson & Zachariades, 1997: 2 (Camponotus fulvopilosus group, key); Snelling & Torres, 1998 PDF: 9 (Puerto Rico, Virgin Is species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 24 (Portugal species key); Terayama, 1999b PDF: 27 (Japan species key); Shattuck, 1999: 91 (Australia synopsis); Snelling, 2000 PDF: 607 (Camponotus montivagus complex, key); Zhou, 2001a PDF: 200 (China, Guangxi species key); McArthur & Shattuck, 2001 PDF: 27 (Australia Camponotus macrocephalus group, key); Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 153 (Poland species key); Fernández, 2002a PDF: 58 (Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) diagnosis, all species revision, key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 248 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Shattuck & McArthur, 2002: 65 (Australia Camponotus wiederkehri group key); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 112 (Camponotus synopsis); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 122 (Phasmomyrmex synopsis); Shattuck, 2005 PDF: 3 (Camponotus aureopilus group key); Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 188 (North Korea species key); Hansen & Klotz, 2005: 75 (North American “Carpenter Ants” key); Snelling, 2006 PDF: 96 (U.S.A. Camponotus festinatus complex key); Karmaly & Narendran, 2006 PDF: 29 (India species key); Dumpert et al., 2006 PDF: 77 (Camponotus (Karavaievia) species key); Andersen, 2007 PDF: 32 (Australia species groups); MacGown et al., 2007 PDF: 9 (southeast U.S.A. species key); McArthur, 2007b PDF: 290 (Australia species key); Seifert, 2007: 152 (North and Central Europe species key); Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007 PDF: 19 (Forelophilus diagnosis, all species revision, key); Aibek & Yamane, 2009 PDF: 98 (Mongolia species key); Shattuck & Janda, 2009 PDF: 252 (Camponotus aureopilus group key); Mackay & Delsinne, 2009 PDF: 496 (New World Camponotus maculatus complex key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 216 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 60 (south-western Australia species key); Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 59 (Israel species key); McArthur, 2010: 18 (south Australia species key); Karaman et al., 2011 PDF: 191 (Turkey, Kaz Mountains species key); McArthur, 2012: 9 (Camponotus (Colobopsis) species review); Czechowski et al., 2012: 380 (Poland species key); Sarnat & Economo, 2012 PDF: 44 (Fiji Is species key); Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 49 (Turkey species key); Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014 PDF: 419 (rock fossil diagnosis); Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014a 10.3897/BDJ.2.e996 PDF: 7 (Shivalik hills of Indian Himalaya species key); Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014 PDF: 249 (diagnosis, compression fossils); McArthur, 2014: 24 (Australia species key); Baccaro et al., 2015 10.5281/zenodo.32912 PDF: 178 (genus in Brazil); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 224 (Camponotus diagnosis); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 362 (Phasmomyrmex diagnosis); Radchenko, 2016: 325 (Ukraine species key); Rakotonirina et al., 2016 10.3897/zookeys.572.7177 PDF: 99 (Malagasy Camponotus edmondi group key); Ward et al., 2016 PDF: 341 (Camponotus/Colobopsis separation key); Clouse et al., 2016 PDF: 139 (Micronesia species); Rakotonirina et al., 2017 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.2 PDF: 215 (Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and Camponotus niveosetosus groups key); Rasoamanana et al., 2017 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.681.13187 PDF: 130 (Camponotus (Myrmopytia) species key); Cantone, 2017 PDF: 151 (brief male diagnosis); Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.1 PDF: 14 (Malagasy Camponotus (Mayria) species revision, key); Zettel et al., 2018 PDF: 129 (Camponotus inquilinus group key); Seifert, 2019b 10.25674/so-91-1-02 PDF: 13 (Camponotus lateralis group, Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus species key); Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019 PDF: 732 (Colombia); Mackay & MacKay, 2019 PDF: 744 (Colombia species key); Salata et al., 2019 10.3897/zookeys.899.46933 PDF: 89 (Camponotus kiesenwetteri group key); Mackay, 2019: 24, 48, 137 (New World subgenera key, New World species complexes key, New World Camponotus (Camponotus) species key); Salata et al., 2020 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5 PDF: 547 (Turano-Balkan Camponotus samius complex key); Ward & Boudinot, 2021 10.3897/asp.79.e66978 PDF: 52 (male-based genus diagnosis, key); Heterick, 2021 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245 PDF: 69 (Western Australia species key); Rasoamanana & Fisher, 2022 10.3897/zookeys.1081.71872 PDF: 137 (Camponotus (Mayria) revision), 146 (Camponotus (Mayria) diagnosis), 148 (synoptic list of Camponotus (Mayria) species, including species groups), 150 (Camponotus (Mayria) species group definitions), 162 (key to Camponotus (Mayria) species (minor workers)); Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022 10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223 PDF: 1 (Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga) revision); 14 (Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga) worker diagnosis), 19 (synoptic list of Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga)), 21 (key to Malagasy Camponotus (Myrmosaga) minor workers); Perfilieva, 2022 10.1134/S0031030122040086 PDF: 418 (wing diagnosis); Borowiec & Salata, 2022 PDF: 57 (diagnosis), 58 (key to Greece subgenera, key to Greece Camponotus (Camponotus) species), 66 (key to Greece Camponotus (Myrmentoma) species), 110 (key to Greece Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) species).

Taxon Page Images:



Camponotus mus. Most species in the cosmopolitan ant genus Camponotus have workers of varying size and proportion in the nest. Correa, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Image © Alex Wild.

Overview:

Camponotus irritans queen from western ghats

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europa Island, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grande Glorieuse, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ile du Lys, Ivory Coast, Juan de Nova Island, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macaronesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela
    Antarctica_region: Kerguelen Islands
    Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Krakatau Islands, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Island, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
    Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
    Oceania: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical, Antarctica, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceania, Palearctic
  Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records):
    Afrotropical, Antarctica, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceania, Palearctic

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Camponotus   Forel, A., 1891, Histoire naturelle des Hymenopteres. Deuxieme partie: Les Formicides., Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar., Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, pp. 1-231: 216-217, (download) 216-217 6734
Camponotus   Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174: 86-88, (download) 86-88 6175
Camponotus   McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 290-351: 310, (download) 310 21285
Camponotus   McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 290-351: 312, (download) 312 21285
Camponotus   McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 290-351: 312, (download) 312 21285
Camponotus   McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 290-351: 313, (download) 313 21285
Camponotus   McArthur, A. J., 2007, A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 290-351: 313, (download) 313 21285
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus (Myrmentoma)   Emery, C., 1920, Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de sa subdivision en sous-genres., Revue de Zoologie Africaine 8, pp. 229-260: 243-244, (download) 243-244 3884
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Emery, C., 1877, Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dall Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese de, Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 9, pp. 363-381: 365, (download) 365 3735
Camponotus   Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: -1, (download) -1 21008
Camponotus   Mohamed, S., Zalat, S. & Fadl, H., 2001, Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt., Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3, pp. 40-61: 43, (download) 43 21622
Camponotus   Forel, A., 1891, Histoire naturelle des Hymenopteres. Deuxieme partie: Les Formicides., Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar., Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, pp. 1-231: 37-38, (download) 37-38 6734
Camponotus nov. sp.  André, E, 1887, Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues., Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6, pp. 280-298: 281-282, (download) 281-282 6877
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Emery, C., 1920, Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de sa subdivision en sous-genres., Revue de Zoologie Africaine 8, pp. 229-260: 235, (download) 235 3884
Camponotus   Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: -1, (download) -1 21008
Camponotus   Wheeler, W. M., 1922, The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45, pp. 39-269: 232-234, (download) 232-234 20597
Camponotus nov. sp.  André, E, 1887, Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues., Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6, pp. 280-298: 282-284, (download) 282-284 6877
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367
Camponotus   Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: 28-29, (download) 28-29 21008
Camponotus   Forel, A., 1891, Histoire naturelle des Hymenopteres. Deuxieme partie: Les Formicides., Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar., Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, pp. 1-231: 14, (download) 14 6734
Camponotus   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 29, (download) 29 21367


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