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Camponotini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Camponotini Forel p. 364
1915Camponotini Wheeler
1930Pseudocamponotus Carpenter p. 22
1930Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Carpenter p. 22 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1992Pseudocamponotus Carpenter
2003Camponotini Bolton p. 26
2003Pseudocamponotus Bolton p. 27
2012Camponotini Bolton
2012Pseudocamponotus Bolton
2012Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Bolton
2016Camponotini Ward et al. p. 345
2016Pseudocamponotus Ward et al. p. 345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeCamponotini
tribeCamponotini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Camponotini Forel 1878
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G. Calomyrmex Mayr 1861
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G. Camponotus Mayr 1861
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Camponotus festinatus Buckley 1866
Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus 1758
Camponotus luteus Smith 1858
Camponotus mitis Smith 1892
†Camponotus parvus Perfilieva 2022
G. †Chimaeromyrma Dlussky 1988
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G. Colobopsis Mayr 1861
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Colobopsis vitrea Smith 1860
G. †Eocamponotus Boudinot 2024
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†Eocamponotus mengei Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Camponotus igneus Mayr 1868 [synonym]
G. Polyrhachis Smith 1857
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†Polyrhachis annosa Wappler et al. 2009
†Polyrhachis celebensis Viehmeyer 1913
†Polyrhachis cincta Viehmeyer 1913
†Polyrhachis circumdata Viehmeyer 1913
Polyrhachis dahlii Forel 1901
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Invalid names: Polyrhachis restituta Viehmeyer 1913 [synonym]
†Polyrhachis excitata Viehmeyer 1913
†Polyrhachis inclusa Viehmeyer 1912
Polyrhachis levior Roger 1863
Polyrhachis rastellata Latreille 1802
Polyrhachis sexspinosa Latreille 1802
†Polyrhachis subfossa Viehmeyer 1913
Invalid names: Polyrhachis continua revocata Viehmeyer 1913 [invalid subgroup], Polyrhachis restituta conclusa Viehmeyer 1913 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pseudocamponotus Carpenter 1930 [nomen dubium], Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Carpenter 1930 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Camponotus sp. (120798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Chimaeromyrma brachycephala (107340)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Camponotus igneus (123766) Camponotus mengei (123757 123927 124073 138654 138655)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Camponotus mengei (113470)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Camponotus mengei (81780 113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Camponotus mengei (109625 120813) Camponotus mengei, Camponotus igneus (120811)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Nevada) Pseudocamponotus elkoanus (138653)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Camponotus mengei (122407)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation Camponotus parvus (125971)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Camponotus sp. (153340)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Camponotus sp. (21977)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Camponotus sp. (139942)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Camponotus festinus (128552) Camponotus mitis (128550) Camponotus mitis, Camponotus luteus (128551)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan (Gifu) Camponotus sp. (181074)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Camponotus sp., Polyrhachis sp., Colobopsis sp. (220273)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Camponotus sp. (97616)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Kyrgyzstan Camponotus sp. (138754 138758)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Camponotus sp. (117247)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Formica oeningensis (115305) Formica oeningensis, Formica pinguicula (115304) Formica pinguicula (113689)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Polyrhachis annosus (133428)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Camponotus sp. (123352)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Camponotus sp., Camponotini indet. (109196)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany Camponotus sp. (164952)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Camponotus herculeanus (160145 160159 160163) Camponotus spp., Camponotus herculeanus (160109 160144)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Camponotus sp. (194482 211426)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Calomyrmex levissimus, Camponotus vitreus, Polyrhachis excitata, Polyrhachis restituta, Polyrhachis cincta, Polyrhachis continua, Polyrhachis circumdata, Polyrhachis inclusa, Polyrhachis paromalus, Polyrhachis tibialis, Polyrhachis subfossa, Polyrhachis erosispina, Polyrhachis levior, Polyrhachis celebensis (182105)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Camponotus sp. (215881)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Camponotus sp. (213295)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Camponotus sp. (234540)