Camponotus lameerei

Camponotus lameerei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. lameerei
Binomial name
	Camponotus lameerei; Emery, 1898 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
	Camponotus fallax barbatus Vashkevich, 1926; Camponotus fallax barbiger Donisthorpe, 1941;

Camponotus lameerei populates vegetation-covered bottomland, oases, and mountain forests, inhabiting xylophages' tunnels in old tree trunks (Dlusskii et al. 1990). It inhabits the gardens, groves, and floodplain forests at altitudes from 700 to 1700 m in Kyrgyzstan. Nests are built in dry or hollow trunks of deciduous trees: elm, poplar, wild pear, apricot, wild apple, and willow (Tarbinsky, 1976). Aibek et al. (2024) report that this species occurs at altitudes 1000-1050 m in Mongolia. It inhabits oases and deciduous riparian forest in desert and semi-desert ecosystems. Nests are built on living trees (Populus euphratica Oliv.), probably in tunnels and under bark.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Camponotus of Mongolia

Distribution

Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, South Kazakhstan, and Mongolia (Aibek et al., 2024).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 44.82° to 41.508577°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (type locality), Turkmenistan.

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

Aibek et al. (2024), Fig. 2A, Camponotus lameerei (medium worker). Body in profile view.
Aibek et al. (2024), Fig. 2B, Camponotus lameerei (medium worker). Body in dorsal view.
Aibek et al. (2024), Fig. 2C, Camponotus lameerei (medium worker). Head in full-face view.

Nomenclature

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

lameerei. Camponotus marginatus var. lameerei Emery, 1898c: 150 (w.q.m.) UZBEKISTAN.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Uzbekistan: Tashkent (no collector’s name; perhaps Balasogio).
- Type-depository: MSNG (perhaps also MRHN).
- [C. marginatus var. lameerei Emery, 1898a: 226. Nomen nudum.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 118.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 118.
- Subspecies of marginatus: Forel, 1904d: 177; Ruzsky, 1905b: 249; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923: 242.
- Subspecies of lateralis: Forel, 1904b: 380.
- Subspecies of caryae: Wheeler, W.M. 1917c: 29.
- Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 146 (redescription); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 237; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 107; Radchenko, 1996b: 1200 (in key); Radchenko, 1997b: 704; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 205.
- Senior synonym of barbatus Vashkevich: Radchenko, 1997b: 704.
- Senior synonym of barbiger: Radchenko, 1997b: 704.
- Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
barbatus. Camponotus fallax var. barbatus Vashkevich, 1926: 118 (s.w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Kazakhstan: Dzharkent, banks of Ili River, 15.ii.1915 (V. Ryukbeil).
- Type-depository: unknown (perhaps ZMUM).
- [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863a: 138.]
- Replacement name: Camponotus barbiger Donisthorpe, 1941f: 38.
barbiger. Camponotus barbiger Donisthorpe, 1941f: 38.
- Replacement name for Camponotus fallax var. barbatus Vashkevich, 1926: 118. [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863a: 138.]
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1941f: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 88.
- Junior synonym of lameerei: Radchenko, 1997b: 704.

Description

References

Aibek, U., Ulzii, T., Yamane, S., Proshchalykin, M.Y. 2024. New records of the ant genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Mongolia: discovery of the subgenus Myrmentoma. Asian Myrmecology 17, e017002 (doi:10.20362/AM.017002).
Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 237, Raised to species)
Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfvers. Fin. Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 20: 124-151 (page 150, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 118, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma))
Forel, A. 1904c [1903]. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388 (page 380, Variety/subspecies of lateralis)
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1923b. The ant fauna of Tashkent district. Tr. Turkest. Nauchn. Obshch. 1: 239-558 (page 242, Variety /subspecies of marginatus)
Radchenko, A.G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77: 1050-1059 (translated from Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76: 703-711).
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 249, Variety /subspecies of marginatus)
Stukalyuk, S.V., Radchenko, A., Reshetov, A., Akhmedov, A., Goncharenko, I. 2021. Comparative analysis of the population structure of Crematogaster subdentata and Lasius neglectus in the primary and secondary ranges (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53, 43-51 (doi:10.13133/2284-4880/436).
Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 146, Raised to species)
Wheeler, W. M. 1917c. The North American ants described by Asa Fitch. Psyche (Camb.) 24: 26-29 (page 29, Variety/subspecies of caryae)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Emery, C.. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen." Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar (Helsinki) 20 (1898): 124-151.
Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
Reznikova Z. I. 2003. Distribution patterns of ants in different natural zones and landscapes in Kazakhstan and West Siberia along a meridian trend. Euroasian Entomological Journal 2(4): 235-342.