Camponotus vogti

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.

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, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  vogti. Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906c: 187 (w.) TURKEY. Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 273; in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1920b: 257. Junior synonym of kurdistanicus: Emery, 1920b: 257. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of kurdistanicus: Emery, 1920c: 26; Emery, 1925a: 70. Revived status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59.

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).