Camponotus ebneri

Camponotus ebneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Myrmentoma
Species group:	lateralis
Species:	C. ebneri
Binomial name
Camponotus ebneri Finzi, 1930

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Lebanon (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.

Nomenclature

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

• ebneri. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis var. ebneri Finzi, 1930c: 24 (w.) LEBANON.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Lebanon: Djebel Sannin, 16.viii.1928 (R. Ebner).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Subspecies of lateralis: Bolton, 1995b: 97.
  • Junior synonym of piceus: Radchenko, 1997b: 706; Radchenko, 2016: 334.
  • Status as species: Seifert, 2019b: 22.
  • Distribution: Lebanon.

Taxonomic Notes

Seifert (2019) - This taxon has been described as Camponotus lateralis var. ebneri Finzi 1930 from the region of Beskinta to Dsebel Sanin in Lebanon. I examined the single type worker hosted in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna. It is labeled ‘Beskinta – Sannin, Liban. 16.VIII.’28. R. Ebner Mus. Caes. Vind.’, ‘Type ! Camponotus lateralis var. ebneri n.v. det. Finzi 1929’, ‘ANTWEB CASENT0915596’. The specimen is not ‘ganz schwarz’ as Finzi stated: the lateral pronotum is reddish and meso- and metapleuron reddish black. The taxon appears closely related to Camponotus dalmaticus. The type specimen of C. ebneri is allocated to the C. dalmaticus cluster when run as wild-card in an LDA considering the complete character set and all other entities listed in Tab. 2 and Tab. 3. Yet, a synonymization with C. dalmaticus appears premature due to the apparently disjunct distribution and because the data of PrW/CS1.25 and nPr1.25 are outside the range known for C. dalmaticus (Tab. 3). It is hypothesized here to represent an allopatric sister species.

References

• 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).==References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics==
• Finzi B. 1930. Hymenopteren aus Palästina und Syrien. (Zoologische Studienreise von R. Ebner 1928 mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.) Formicidae. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Abteilung I 139:22-24.
• 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.