Camponotus atriceps (Smith, F., 1858)

Silva, Márcio Morais, Mayhé Nunes, Antônio J. & Moreira, Felipe F. F., 2025, Ants (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Floresta da Tijuca sector, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 132248-e 132248 : e132248-

Camponotus atriceps (Smith, F., 1858)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: PAC 115; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 4EEE1996-CF14-5860-BCBB-E9209390FDC4; Taxon: genus: Camponotus ; specificEpithet: atriceps ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Smith, F., 1858); Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Bom Retiro (trilha para o pico da Tijuca) ; verbatimCoordinates: 22 56 49.5S 43 17 29.8W; verbatimLatitude: 22 56 49.5S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 29.8W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Camponotus atriceps ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 17-19; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2022; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: PBC 116; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: E0B31290-09D7-5CEB-861B-4C32578B1B80; Taxon: genus: Camponotus ; specificEpithet: atriceps ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Smith, F., 1858); Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, trilha (caminho dos picos / camminho da solidão) ; verbatimCoordinates: 22 57 24.6S 43 17 02.0W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 24.6S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 02.0W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Camponotus atriceps ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall; year: 2021; month: 1; day: 17-21; verbatimEventDate: Summer 2021; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: PCS 102; recordedBy: M. M. Silva, A. J. Mayhé Nunes, J. C. Santos, I. R. S. Cordeiro; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 2A87E737-0C87-5F75-AF9A-301C4CEB1927; Taxon: genus: Camponotus ; specificEpithet: atriceps ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Smith, F., 1858); Location: continent: South America; country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Rio de Janeiro; locality: Floresta da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Trilha de Moutain bike (Açude da solidão). ; verbatimCoordinates: 22 57 42.5S 43 17 23.8W; verbatimLatitude: 22 57 42.5S; verbatimLongitude: 43 17 23.8W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees minutes seconds; verbatimSRS: WGS 84; Identification: identificationID: Camponotus atriceps ; identifiedBy: M. M. Silva; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall; year: 2021; month: 7; day: 23-25; verbatimEventDate: Winter 2021; habitat: Atlantic Forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionCode: CEIOC; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela. Introduced to Hawaii, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy. The record from Cuba needs verification, whereas that from Hispaniola is dubious.

Notes

This is the first record for the Floresta da Tijuca sector. This species was recorded by Santos et al. (2019) from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden and the Parque Lage (a urban park), both in the Serra da Carioca sector.