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Camponotus arabicus
| Camponotus arabicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. arabicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 24.633333° to 24.633333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: Oman.
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
Worker
Minor
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype of Camponotus arabicus. Worker. Specimen code casent0911903. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
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| Holotype of Camponotus arabicus. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0911902. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- arabicus. Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985: 278, figs. 67, 72, 74 (s.w.q.) SAUDI ARABIA.
- Type-material: holotype major worker, paratype major and minor workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype (?) Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Agricultural Centre, 30.i.1980 (A.S. Talhouk); paratypes: with same data, with same data but 19.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood).
- [Note: Collingwood mentions that the holotype (major worker) and paratypes are from Riyadh, but does not specify the date of collection or the collector of the holotype.]
- Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also WMLC).
- [Note: in this publication much type-material was referred to NHMB but was apparently never deposited there.]
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Bolton, 1995b: 86.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 86; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 372; Borowiec, L. 2014: 26; Sharaf, Wetterer, et al. 2022: 10.
- Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 86, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arab. 7: 230-302 (page 278, fig. 67, 72, 74 worker, queen described)
- Sharaf, M. R., Wetterer, J. K., Mohamed, A. A., Aldawood, A. S. 2022. Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography. European Journal of Taxonomy 838: 1-106 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925).
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.
- Collingwood C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230-302.
- Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
- Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004