Camponotus vogti

Camponotus vogti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Myrmentoma
Species group:	lateralis
Species complex:	gestroi
Species:	C. vogti
Binomial name
	Camponotus vogti; Forel, 1906 Specimen Labels

Identification

Ionescu-Hirsch (2009) - C. vogti is the sister-species of Camponotus kurdistanicus in the Camponotus gestroi species complex of the Camponotus lateralis species group (Radchenko, 1997c). The Israeli specimen in the collection is similar morphologically to C. kurdistanicus, but its head is dorsally brown and ventrally light ferruginous, as opposed to the completely black head in C. kurdistanicus.

Israeli specimens of C. vogti and C. kurdistanicus may be color varieties of a single species.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Ionescu-Hirsch (2009) - Balkans, Turkey (Asia Minor) (Radchenko, 1997c), Lebanon (Tohmé, 1969a), Israel, and Iran (Paknia et al., 2008).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Türkiye (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

vogti. Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906c: 187 (w.) TURKEY.
- Type-material: holotype minor worker.
- Type-locality: Turkey: Taurus (O. & C. Vogt).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 273;
- combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1920b: 257.
- Junior synonym of kurdistanicus: Emery, 1920b: 257.
- Subspecies of kurdistanicus: Emery, 1920c: 26; Emery, 1925a: 70 (in text); Emery, 1925b: 120.
- Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 283 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 129; Radchenko, 1996b: 1197 (in key); Radchenko, 1997b: 708; Petrov, 2006: 108 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2008: 153; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 92; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 51 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 45; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 138.
- Distribution: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey.

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

Description

Worker

Ionescu-Hirsch (2009) - TL = 7.2, HL = 1.74, HW = 1.74, EL = 0.42, SL = 1.39, ML = 2.30, PW = 1.25, mTbL = 1.21, hTbL = 1.74 (n = 1).

References

Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 60: 51-62 (page 59, Revived status as species)
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 257, Combination in C. (Myrmentoma), as junior synonym of kurdistanicus)
Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 26, Revived from synonymy as variety of kurdistanicus)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 70, Revived from synonymy as variety of kurdistanicus)
Forel, A. 1906c. Fourmis d'Asie mineure et de la Dobrudscha récoltées par M. le Dr. Oscar Vogt et Mme Cécile Vogt, Dr. méd. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 50: 187-190 (page 187, worker described)
Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 273, Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex))
Ionescu-Hirsch, A. 2010 (2009). An annotated list of Camponotus of Israel, with a key and descriptions of new species. Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 57-98.
Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
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).

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.
Forel A. 1906. Fourmis d'Asie mineure et de la Dobrudscha récoltées par M. le Dr. Oscar Vogt et Mme Cécile Vogt, Dr. méd. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 50: 187-190.
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: 5798.
Kiran K., and C. Karaman. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548: 1-38.
Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
Radchenko A. G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77(8): 1050-1059.
Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de lAgriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.