Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Camponotus planus isabelensis Wheeler, 1919

Hormiga carpintera, Carpenter ant

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Vespoidea

Family
Formicidae

Genus
Camponotus

Species
planus

Subspecies
isabelensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela

References

  • Wheeler, W.M. (1933) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 6 Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc., Fourth Series 21(6): 57-64.
  • Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • Herrera, H. W., Tocora, M. C., Fiorentino, G., Causton, C. E., Dekoninck, W., & Hendrickx, F. (2024) The ants of the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a historical overview, checklist, and identification key. ZooKeys, 1191, 151.
  • Wheeler, W.M. (1919) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. XIV. The ants of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4(2):259-297.

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