Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius

Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. dalmaticus
Subspecies:	C. dalmaticus rhodius
Trinomial name
	Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius; Santschi, 1934

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.56° to 39.56°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Greece (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.

rhodius. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis var. rhodia Santschi, 1934d: 280.
- [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis subsp. dalmaticus var. rhodia Emery, 1925a: 69 (w.) GREECE (Rhodes); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 61).]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Greece: Rhodes I. (E. Festa).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Menozzi, 1936d: 304 (q.).
- Subspecies of lateralis: Menozzi, 1936d: 304; Finzi, 1939c: 160; Bolton, 1995b: 120.
- Subspecies of dalmaticus: Legakis, 2011: 32.
- Distribution: Greece.

Taxonomic Notes

This taxon that was collected on the island of Rhodes has been described under the unavailable name Camponotus lateralis dalmaticus v. rhodia Emery 1925. The original description is insufficient. According to a message of Maria Tavano of 16 October 2013 there are no type specimens in the Emery collection of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa (Seifert, 2019).

Description

References

Menozzi, C. 1936b. Nuovi contributi alla conoscenza della fauna delle Isole italiane dell'Egeo. VI. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 29: 262-311 (page 304, queen described)
Santschi, F. 1934d. Fourmis d'une croisière. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 74: 273-282 (page 280, worker described)
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).