Camponotus oertzeni
Camponotus oertzeni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. oertzeni |
Binomial name | |
Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889 | |
Synonyms | |
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In Greece, this is a common species, previously commonly confused with Camponotus aethiops. Camponotus oertzeni is known from all Greek provinces, and is more thermophilous than C. aethiops. Additionally, in contrast to C. aethiops, it is rarely observed in agricultural habitats. It prefers open habitats like pastures, roadsides, mountain meadows but was occasionally collected also in luminous deciduous and coniferous forests. Nests were located under large stones. (Borowiec & Salata, 2021). This species is a host for the inquiline Camponotus ruseni in Türkiye (Karaman & Kiran, 2022).
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Identification
Camponotus oertzeni is very similar to Camponotus aethiops. Both species are very variable in colour of body and appendices. In C. aethiops predominate populations with dark brown to almost black body and brown legs and antennae while in C. oertzeni predominate populations with brown body and reddish-yellow legs and antennae. In C. oertzeni often occur pale specimens with reddish-yellow head and mesosoma and yellowish legs, while in C. aethiops the palest specimens are at most pale brown. The best distinguishing character is setation of posterior margin of gastral tergites. In C. oertzeni setae of short apical transverse row are very short, never extending to the apical margin of the tergite, often reaching at most half length of apical marginal edge of the tergite while in C. aethiops setae of the short apical transverse row usually reach or even slightly exceed apical margin of the tergite.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 41.295° to 36.440833°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands, Greece (type locality), Iran, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Türkiye.
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Worker. Specimen code casent0249625. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Syntype of Camponotus andrius. Worker. Specimen code casent0910195. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- oertzeni. Camponotus rubripes r. oertzeni Forel, 1889: 263 (s.w.) GREECE.
- Finzi, 1939c: 158 (q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 97.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 241 (footnote), 246; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 225; Emery, 1898c: 148; Emery, 1908a: 200; Forel, 1911e: 290; Emery, 1915h: 4.
- Subspecies of aethiops: Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 97; Santschi, 1934d: 280; Menozzi, 1936d: 302; Finzi, 1939c: 158.
- Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 115; Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Petrov, 2006: 109 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2008: 153; Karaman, C. et al. 2011: 190; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 71; Legakis, 2011: 31; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 480; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 7; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 53 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 38 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 152; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2018: 5; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44.
- Senior synonym of andrius: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 10.
- Senior synonym of kappariensis: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 10.
- Senior synonym of karawajewi: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
- Material of the unavailable name clara Karavaiev referred here by Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
- andrius. Camponotus oertzeni var. andrius Dalla Torre, 1893: 246.
- [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. oertzeni var. andrius Forel, 1889: 265 (s.w.) GREECE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 61).]
- Menozzi, 1936d: 302 (q.l.); Finzi, 1939c: 158 (q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 97.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1908a: 200; Emery, 1915h: 4; Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 97; Finzi, 1928c: 791; Menozzi, 1936d: 302; Finzi, 1939c: 158.
- Subspecies of oertzeni: Bolton, 1995b: 85.
- Status as species: Radchenko, 1997d: 807; Legakis, 2011: 28; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 471; Borowiec, L. 2014: 26; Lebas, et al. 2016: 152.
- Junior synonym of oertzeni: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 10.
- kappariensis. Camponotus oertzeni var. kappariensis Dalla Torre, 1893: 246.
- [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. oertzeni var. kappariensis Forel, 1889: 264 (s.w.) GREECE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 61).]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1908a: 200; Emery, 1920c: 7; Emery, 1925b: 97.
- Subspecies of oertzeni: Bolton, 1995b: 106.
- Subspecies of aethiops: Legakis, 2011: 30 (error).
- Junior synonym of oertzeni: Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 10.
- karawajewi. Camponotus karawajewi Radchenko, 1996b: 1201 (s.w.) (diagnosis in key) AZERBAIJAN.
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Camponotus (Colobopsis) karawaiewi Menozzi, 1926e: 96.]
- Junior synonym of oertzeni: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Salata and Borowiec (2018) - Camponotus oertzeni, syntype (w): C. rubripes, r. Oertzeni, Forel, Type, Samos Isl, b. Maratokampos, v. Oertzen, type; r. C. oertzeni; Typus; Coll. A. Forel.; oertzeni, 161; ANTWEB, CASENT0249625 (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève); C. andrius, syntype (w.): C. oertzeni, Forel, r. andrius, Ile Andros, leg. Oertzen; v. Andrius, Forel; Sp. l. Maculatus, (Suite) Fabr.; r. l. Oertzeni, (Suite) Forel;G. Camponotus; S. G. Myrmentoma, Suite For.; Typus; Coll., A. Forel; ANTWEB, CASENT0910194 (MHNG); C. andrius, syntype (w): C. oertzeni, Forel, v. andrius, Ile Andros, (v. Oertzen); Typus; Coll., A. Forel; andrius, 161; ANTWEB, CASENT0910195 (MHNG); C. kappariensis, syntypes (2w): rubripes, C. oertzeni, Forel, v. Kappariensis, Ile Kappari, Sudlichen Sporaden, v. Oertzen; Typus; v. Kappariensis
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