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Camponotini

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)230967https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=230967
Ranktribe (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Camponotini
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
-Aculeata
superfamilyVespoideaLatreille 1802
familyFormicidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyFormicinaeLatreille 1802
tribeCamponotiniForel 1878
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Camponotinitribebelongs to Camponotinaestated with evidenceWheeler, 1915
Camponotinitribebelongs to Formicinaestated with evidenceBolton, 2003
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)65
Extant Size (PBDB)22 (34%)
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Forel. 1878. Études myrmécologiques en 1878 (première partie) avec l'anatomie du gésier des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 15:337-392

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Calomyrmex
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Camponotus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9550.3 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Chimaeromyrma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
147.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
Colobopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Polyrhachis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.25 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Pseudocamponotus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1878Camponotini Forel p. 364
1915Camponotini Wheeler
2003Camponotini Bolton p. 26
2012Camponotini Bolton
2016Camponotini Ward et al. p. 345

References

Forel A. Études myrmécologiques en 1878 (première partie) avec l'anatomie du gésier des fourmis, Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 15, 337-392
Wheeler W. M. (1915) The Ants of the Baltic Amber, Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55, 1-142
Bolton B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71, 1-370
Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World
Ward P. S., Blaimer B. B., et al (2016) A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex, Zootaxa 4072, 343-357
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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