Date of this version: 6 February 2007.
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| Genus List | Camponotus Overview |Key to Minor Workers | Species List |
The most commonly encountered species in Costa Rica
Large species with short anterolateral spines on pronotum, longitudinal crest on mesonotum
Species with strong propodeal suture
Species with sharp transverse keel on first gastral tergite
Propodeum with a pair of distinct teeth or lobes, or with transverse crest projecting over posterior face.
Species with phragmotic majors (Colobopsis, Pseudocolobopsis, Hypercolobopsis)
Species that build exposed carton nests either on leaves or of several leaves sewn together with silk
Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) chartifex
Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) nitidior
Taxa known from Costa Rica or nearby; extracted from Kempf 1972; infraspecific forms of atriceps not included.
(Colobopsis) cordincola Wheeler 1905:218
(Myrmaphaenus) blandus (Fr. Smith 1858)
(Myrmaphaenus) championi Forel 1899:157
(Myrmaphaenus) fastigatus Roger 1863:5
(Myrmaphaenus) integellus Forel 1899:150
(Myrmaphaenus) juliae Emery 1903:63
(Myrmaphaenus) modestior Forel 1904:51
(Myrmaphaenus) novogranadensis Mayr 1870:374
(Myrmaphaenus) pellitus Mayr 1862:668
(Myrmaphaenus) pronotalis Santschi 1936:215
(Myrmaphaenus) salvini Forel 1899:153
(Myrmaphaenus) semiceps Santschi 1922:111
(Myrmepomis) rex Forel 1907:13
(Myrmepomis) satrapa Wheeler 1931:90
(Myrmepomis) sericeiventris (Guˇrin 1838:205)
(Myrmeurynota) christopherseni Forel 1912:85
(Myrmeurynota) linnaei Forel 1886:171
(Myrmeurynota) muticus Forel 1899:147
(Myrmobrachys) abscisus Roger 1863:151
(Myrmobrachys) acaciae Emery 1920:39
(Myrmobrachys) antennatus Santschi 1925:246
(Myrmobrachys) antennatus Santschi 1920:126
(Myrmobrachys) auricomus Roger 1862:283
(Myrmobrachys) brettesi Forel 1899:141
(Myrmobrachys) brevis Forel 1899:140
(Myrmobrachys) canescens Mayr 1870:376
(Myrmobrachys) continentis Forel 1901:371
(Myrmobrachys) dolabratus Menozzi 1927:341
(Myrmobrachys) elevatus Forel 1899:144
(Myrmobrachys) excisus Mayr 1870:376
(Myrmobrachys) formiciformis Forel 1885:345
(Myrmobrachys) lindigi Mayr 1870:376
(Myrmobrachys) normatus Forel 1899:146
(Myrmobrachys) pauli Forel 1908:71
(Myrmobrachys) pittieri Forel 1899:143
(Myrmobrachys) planatus Roger 1863:148
(Myrmobrachys) senex (Fr. Smith 1858:47)
(Myrmobrachys) striatus (Fr. Smith 1862:30)
(Myrmobrachys) textor Forel 1899:139
(Myrmobrachys) trapezoideus Mayr 1870:376
(Myrmocladoecus) bidens Mayr 1870:377
(Myrmocladoecus) mucronatus Emery 1890:58
(Myrmocladoecus) raphaelis Forel 1899:146
(Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis Emery 1890:57
(Myrmocladoecus) sanctaefidei Dalla Torre 1892:92
(Myrmosphincta) constructor Forel 1899:155
(Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus (Fabricius 1793:354)
(Myrmothrix) atriceps (Fr. Smith 1858:44)
(Pseudocolobopsis) claviscapus Forel 1899:152
(Pseudocolobopsis) curviscapus Emery 1896:103
(Pseudocolobopsis) orthocephalus Emery 1894:169
(Pseudocolobopsis) tonduzi Forel 1899:151
(Pseudocolobopsis) ulvarum Forel 1899:153
(Tanaemyrmex) ager (Fr. Smith 1858:47)
(Tanaemyrmex) albicoxis Forel 1899:136
(Tanaemyrmex) apostolus Forel 1901:369
(Tanaemyrmex) coloratus Forel 1904:49
(Tanaemyrmex) coruscus (Fr. Smith 1862:30)
(Tanaemyrmex) impatibilis Forel 1899:135
(Tanaemyrmex) landolti Forel 1879:71
(Tanaemyrmex) obreptivus Forel 1899:137
(Tanaemyrmex) simillimus (Fr. Smith 1862:30)
(Tanaemyrmex) substitutus Emery 1894:3
(Tanaemyrmex) zonatus Emery 1894:3
Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu
Date of this version: 6 February 2007.
Previous versions of this page: 22 January 2002
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