Camponotus vittatus

Camponotus vittatus is a species of carpenter ant and one of the most common ants found around households in South America, particularly Brazil. It was originally described by Auguste Forel in 1904.[1] The species is relatively large, caramel-coloured, omnivorous,[2] and fast-moving. The species presents four larval stages which will spin a cocoon to pupate.[3] The hairs of Camponotus larvae are quite abundant, and may present taxonomic importance.[3][4] The larvae of both sexes are similar, with few diagnostic traits, such as the acquired shape towards pupation inside their cocoons.[5]

Camponotus vittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Species:
C. vittatus
Binomial name
Camponotus vittatus
Forel, 1904

References

  1. "Oldstyle id: 14d86e6309c09756608fdcdec21c00e9". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  2. Rocha, Wilian de Oliveira; Dorval, Alberto; Peres Filho, Otávio; Vaez, Caroline dos Anjos; Ribeiro, Edilene Silva (March 2015). "Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Bioindicadoras de Degradação Ambiental em Poxoréu, Mato Grosso, Brasil". Floresta e Ambiente. 22 (1): 88–98. doi:10.1590/2179-8087.0049. ISSN 2179-8087.
  3. Solis, Daniel Russ; Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson; Rossi, Mônica Lanzoni; Moretti, Thiago De Carvalho; Bueno, Odair Correa (June 2010). "Description of the Immatures of Workers of the Ant Camponotus vittatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Florida Entomologist. 93 (2): 265–276. doi:10.1653/024.093.0218. ISSN 0015-4040.
  4. Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson; Solis, Daniel Russ; Lazoski, Cristiano; Mackay, William (August 2017). "Weaving through a cryptic species: Comparing the Neotropical ants Camponotus senex and Camponotus textor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Micron. 99: 56–66. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2017.03.016. hdl:11449/162839. PMID 28437732.
  5. Solis, Daniel Russ; Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson; Rossi, Mônica Lanzoni; Bueno, Odair Correa (May 2012). "Compared Morphology of the Immatures of Males of Two Urban Ant Species of Camponotus". Journal of Insect Science. 12 (59): 59. doi:10.1673/031.012.5901. ISSN 1536-2442. PMC 3499094. PMID 22934715.
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