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Camponotus abrahami
| Camponotus abrahami | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmentoma |
| Species group: | lateralis |
| Species complex: | piceus |
| Species: | C. abrahami |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus abrahami Forel, 1913
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Identification
Radchenko (1997) - A member of the Camponotus lateralis species group. Distinguished by very delicately sculptured and shining intugements. This species is close to Camponotus piceus, differing from it in much thinner petiole scale.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 38.26666667° to 34.016242°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Lebanon (type locality), Türkiye.
This species is found in the Middle East (Karaman & Aktaç, 2013).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- abrahami. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) libanicus var. abrahami Forel, 1913d: 435 (s.w.q.) LEBANON.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Lebanon: (no further data) (J. Sahlberg).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Tohmé, G. 1969: 11 (m.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 121.
- Subspecies of libanicus: Emery, 1925b: 121.
- Status as species: Tohmé, G. 1969: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 83; Radchenko, 1997b: 705; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 50 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 24; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 138.
- Distribution: Lebanon, Turkey.
Taxonomic Notes
Seifert (2019): This taxon has been described from Lebanon. Two investigated syntypes from Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève, labeled Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) libanicus André v. abrahami For type ‘.Libanon.J. Sahlberg.No 141.’ differ from any member of the C. lateralis group by the dorsal mesosomal profile being in overall aspect evenly convex with a very shallow metanotal groove.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 121, combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
- Forel, A. 1913d. Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 427-438 (page 435, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Karaman, C.; Aktaç, N. 2013. Descriptions of four new species of Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key for the worker caste of the Camponotus of Turkey. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 86(1):36-56.
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- Perfilieva, K.S. 2023. Cretaceous-Burmese-amber ants: Morphological features and community structure. Biology Bulletin Reviews 131, 38–54 (doi:10.1134/s207908642301005x).
- Radchenko, A.G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77: 1050-1059 (translated from Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76: 703-711).
- Seifert, B. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the members of the Camponotus lateralis species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasia. Soil Organisms 91: 7-32 (doi:10.25674/so-91-1-02).*Tohmé, G. 1969a. Description d'espèces nouvelles de fourmis au Liban (Hymenoptera Formicoidea). Publ. Univ. Liban. Sect. Sci. Nat. 7: 1-15 (page 11, male described, raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Forel, A. "Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 21 (1913): 427-438.
- Radchenko A. G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77(8): 1050-1059.
- Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de lAgriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
- Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
- Tohmé, G. "Description d'espèces nouvelles de fourmis au Liban (Hymenoptera Formicoidea)." Publications de l'Universite Libanaise, Section des Sciences Naturelles 7 (1969): 1-15.