Camponotus cecconii

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Camponotus cecconii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. cecconii
Binomial name
Camponotus cecconii
Emery, 1908

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Specimen Labels

In Cyprus Camponotus cecconii has been collected from forests and shadowy habitats (cave, gorge, pine forest), riparian habitats (riverbanks close to the seashore, stream valley), open dry habitats such as seashores, xerothermic meadows and phrygana as well as urban areas including ruderal sites near a citrus orchard, a hotel garden and surroundings, parking lots, and pedestrian roads (Salata et al., 2023).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Borowiec (2014) notes that records from Crete are probably based on misidentification with Camponotus baldaccii. Also occurrence on Aegean islands and Dodecanese needs confirmation because recent materials suggested misidentification with Camponotus ionius, common on both archipelagos.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.367778° to 35.270116°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Cyprus (type locality), Greece, Iran.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • cecconii. Camponotus maculatus subsp. cecconii Emery, 1908a: 198 (s.w.) CYPRUS.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 101.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1910a: 23.
    • Subspecies of sylvaticus: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 101.
    • Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 91; Petrov, 2006: 110 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2008: 153; Legakis, 2011: 29; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 473; Borowiec, L. 2014: 28; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 43.

Description

References

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.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
  • Collingwood, C. A. 1993. A Comparitive Study of the Ant Fauna of Five Greek Islands. Biologia Gallo-hellenica. 20,1:191-197
  • Collingwood, C. A. "A comparative study of the ant fauna of five Greek islands." Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 20 (1993): 191-197.
  • Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp
  • Legakis Collection Database
  • Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.