Camponotus aethiops escherichi

Camponotus aethiops escherichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. aethiops
Subspecies:	C. aethiops escherichi
Trinomial name
	Camponotus aethiops escherichi; Emery, 1925

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 40.183333° to 40.183333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Türkiye (type locality).

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

escherichi. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops var. escherichi Emery, 1925b: 97.
- [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. oertzeni var. escherichi Emery, 1897f: 239 (s.w.) TURKEY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Turkey (“Asia Minor”): Permato (K. Escherich), Turkey (“Asia Minor”): Biledjik (K. Escherich).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1898a: 225; Emery, 1898c: 148; Emery, 1920c: 7.
- Subspecies of aethiops: Bolton, 1995b: 98; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 6.
- Distribution: Turkey.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 98, catalogue)

Emery, C. 1897g. Anhang. Verzeichniss der auf der zweiten Reise nach Kleinasien (1897) gesammelten Ameisen, mit einer Neubeschreibung. P. 239 in: Escherich, K. Zur Kenntniss der Myrmecophilen Kleinasiens. I. Coleoptera. Wien. Entomol. Ztg. 16:229-239. (page 239, First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. oertzeni var. escherichi; unavailable name.)

Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 97, soldier, worker described)
Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).