Camponotus aegyptiacus

This species is generally common throughout Arabia. Males frequently fly to light in the evening. (Collingwood and Agosti 1996).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Eritrea, Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, Yemen. Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Kuwait, Oman.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus maculatus subsp. aegyptiacus Emery, 1915f: 79 (w.) EGYPT.
 * [Also described as new by Emery, 1915g: 22.]
 * Menozzi, 1932e: 453 (q.m.); Athias-Henriot, 1947: 251 (l.).
 * Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 87.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1915c:278 (footnote).
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1916: 459; Emery, 1920c: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 952; Emery, 1924a: 8; Emery, 1925b: 87; Menozzi, 1926a: 38; Santschi, 1926b: 250; Menozzi, 1927g: 380; Menozzi, 1930b: 115; Menozzi, 1932c: 95; Menozzi, 1932e: 453; Menozzi, 1934: 156; Santschi, 1935b: 275; Grandi, 1935: 102; Finzi, 1936: 189; Santschi, 1938a: 40; Finzi, 1939a: 159; Finzi, 1940: 163; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 32; Weber, 1943c: 334; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 251; Donisthorpe, 1947e: 111; Bernard, 1948: 156; Bernard, 1950b: 291; Bernard, 1953a: 186; Hamann & Klemm, 1967: 418.
 * Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 130; Collingwood, 1985: 277; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 371; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 204; Borowiec, L. 2014: 25; Madl, 2019: 14.
 * Senior synonym of infrasquameus: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
 * Material of the unavailable names claveaui, sudanicus referred here by Baroni Urbani, 1972: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 84.
 * infrasquameus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus st. infrasquameus Santschi, 1926b: 249 (s.w.q.) BENIN.
 * [Misspelled as infrasquamis by Santschi, 1930a: 73.]
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Santschi, 1930a: 73.
 * Junior synonym of aegyptiacus: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 105.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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