Camponotus husseini

Camponotus husseini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. husseini
Binomial name
Camponotus husseini Dietrich, 2004

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Jordan (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.

• husseini. Camponotus husseini Dietrich, 2004: 328, fig. 9 (w.) JORDAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 11 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Jordan: Wadi Araba, 36 km. N Aqaba, 26.x.1996 (C.O. Dietrich); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: NHMW (holotype); MMBC, NHMW, TAUI (paratypes).
  • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Dietrich, 2004: 319 (by implication as Dietrich cites membership of C. sericeus group).
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 34; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 3.
  • Distribution: Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.

Type Material

Bezděčková et al. (2017) - Three paratypes are deposited in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (all dry-mounted, glued on point card labels):

• PARATYPES (3 workers, on one pin): ‘Jordanien, JOR / Wadi Araba, 36 km N Aqaba / 1996-10-26 / leg. C. O. Dietrich [p] // Camponotus / husseini / Dietrich, 2004 / det. C.O. Dietrich // Invent. č. [p] / 6653–6655 [hw] / Ent. / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Paratypen [p, red label]’.

Description

Dietrich 2004, page 328.

Dietrich 2004, page 329.

Dietrich 2004, page 330.

References

• Bezděčková, K., Bezděčka, P., Macek, J., Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308 (doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076).
• 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., Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 29 (online 2): 1-26 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.3733156).
• Dietrich, C.O. 2004. Taxonomische Beitraege zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Denisia 14: 319-344. (page 328, described)

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.
• Dietrich C. O. 2004. Taxonomische Beiträge zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Denisia 14: 319-344.