Camponotus jaliensis

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Camponotus jaliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. jaliensis
Binomial name
Camponotus jaliensis
Dalla Torre, 1893

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Specimen Labels

In Cyprus, Camponotus jaliensis has been collected from agricultural land (sowed field, next to road bushes at streambanks), urban habitats (pedestrian road and roadsides, monastery, hotel and botanical garden), forests and shadowy habitats (cave, gorge, pine forest, shadow valley), open (xerothermic meadow), coastal (beach area) and riparian habitats (riverbanks, close to dam lake) (Salata et al., 2023).

Identification

Ionescu-Hirsch (2009) - C. jaliensis and the closely-related Camponotus shaqualavensis (Radchenko, 1997b) are small species of the subgenus Tanaemyrmex, recognizable by the erect setae on the genae, and by the shape and pilosity of the hind tibia that is slightly compressed laterally, without a dorsomedial ridge, covered only with apressed pubescence, and lacking a ventral row of bristles. Specimens from Israel differ from the Syntypes by shorter erect setae on the gena and the presence in about half of the specimens of pale yellowish areas on the first gastral tergite (J. Kugler, personal communication), features that recall C. shaqualavensis. However, they differ from C. shaqualavensis in many details. In C. jaliensis, the mesosoma is dorsally arched, with an elongated propodeum while in shaqualavensis, the propodeal dorsum is straighter, forming a better defined angle with the declivity. The head and mesosoma sculpture of C. jaliensis is stronger than in the shiny C. shaqualavensis; the color of C. shaqualavensis is darker, with larger and bright yellow gastral maculae. C. jaliensis has size, shape, and hindtibia morphology and pilosity similar to Camponotus alii, but differs from it by having erect setae on the genae, as opposed to the glabrous genae in C. alii.

Salata et al. (2023) - In Cypriot populations only dark forms were collected. Pale forms, common in islands of the Aegean region (Borowiec & Salata (2022): figs. 54.1, 2 and 54.5, 6), were absent in the material collected in Cyprus.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Greece and the Near East (Radchenko, 2007).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.367778° to 33°.

   
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Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Cyprus, Greece (type locality), Israel, Türkiye.

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.

  • jaliensis. Camponotus oertzeni var. jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893: 246.
    • [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. oertzeni var. jaliensis Forel, 1889: 264 (s.w.) GREECE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • [Misspelled as jalensis by Emery, 1896d: 370.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 97.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list).
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1908a: 201.
    • Subspecies of aethiops: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 97.
    • Status as species: Pisarski, 1971a: 672; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 259; Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 106; Petrov, 2006: 109 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 74; Legakis, 2011: 30; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 476; Borowiec, L. 2014: 34; Lebas, et al. 2016: 152; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Ionescu-Hirsch (2009) - TL = 5.5–9.0, HL = 1.46–2.22, HW = 1.11–2.11, EL = 0.45–0.57, SL = 1.84–2.01, ML = 2.30–2.93, PW = 0.98–1.41, mTbL = 1.45–1.68, hTbL = 1.95–2.27 (n = 20).

Type Material

Salata et al. (2023) - Syntype workers, Camponotus oertzeni v. jaliensis., Ile Jali (Yali Island) (MHNG) (leg. von Oertzen)

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
  • Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
  • Forel, A.. "Ameisen aus den Sporaden, den Cykladen und Griechenland, gesammelt 1887 von Herrn von Oertzen." Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 32 (1889): 255-265.
  • Ionescu-Hirsch A. 2009. An annotated list of Camponotus of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key and descriptions of new species. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY 39: 57–98.
  • Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
  • Legakis Collection Database
  • Martinez J. J. 2008. Firebreaks in planted pine forests in Israel: patches for Mediterranean Bata ants. Vie et Milieu 58(3/4): 233-236.
  • Salata S., L. Borowiec, and A.Trichas. 2018. Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 68(4): 769-808.
  • Salata S., and L Borowiec. 2017. Species of Tetramorium semilaeve complex from Balkans and western Turkey, with description of two new species of (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 62:279–313.
  • Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. A new species of the ant genus Lasius Fabricius, 1804 from Crete (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 789: 139–159.
  • Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.
  • Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.
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