Camponotus tahatensis

Camponotus tahatensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. tahatensis
Binomial name
Camponotus tahatensis Santschi, 1929

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Camponotus tahatensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0912056. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• tahatensis. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) erigens var. tahaensis Santschi, 1929g: 166.
  • [Justified emendation of spelling to tahatensis: Santschi, 1939d: 82.]
  • [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmoturba) erigens st. magister var. tahatensis Santschi, 1929c: 103 (s.w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Hoggar, Mt Tahat summit, 3000 m., ii.-iii.1928 (de Peyerimhoff).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Note: also described as new, but Camponotus compressus st. thoracicus var. tahatensis Santschi, 1934f: 171, based on same material; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • Subspecies of compressus: Santschi, 1939d: 82.
  • Status as species: Bernard, 1953a: 189; Bolton, 1995b: 126; Borowiec, L. 2014: 43.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

References

• Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 189, Raised to species)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Santschi, F. 1929g. Note additionnelle aux fourmis du Sahara central récoltées par la Mission du Hoggar (février-mars 1928). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 20: 164-166 (page 166, soldier, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1939d. Notes sur des Camponotus et autres fourmis de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 19: 66-87 (page 82, Subspecies of compressus, and justified emendation of spelling to tahatensis)

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.
• Santschi, F.. "Note additionnelle aux fourmis du Sahara central récoltées par la Mission du Hoggar (février-mars 1928)." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 20 (1929): 164-166.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.