Camponotus tashcumiri

This species was collected in Gobi desert only once. Nocturnal in activity (Aibek & Yamane, 2009).

Identification
Aibek & Yamane (2009) - In the Asian Tanaemyrmex some other species (Camponotus barbatus, Camponotus turkestanicus, Camponotus baldaccii, Camponotus fellah, etc.) also have the ventral surface of the head with standing hairs and scape without standing hairs. Among them Camponotus barbatus is a very hairy and black species; the head is extensively covered with standing hairs. In Camponotus baldaccii the ventral surface of the head has short, sparse standing hairs; the alitrunk and anterior half of the gaster are yellow or brownish yellow and the remainder part of the gaster is blackish brown. Campononcs fellah has similar structural and hair conditions to those of C. baldaccii, but the body is wholly black. In conclusion C. tashcumiri is separable from all the Asian species with standing hairs on the ventral surface of the head by a combination of the occurrence of standing hairs on the gena and wholly yellowish body.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus tashcumiri Tarbinsky, 1976: 158, figs. 280, 281 (s.w.) KYRGYZSTAN.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 126; Radchenko, 1996b: 1201 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 810; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 205.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Aibek U., and S. Yamane. 2009. Taxonomic review of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from Mongolia. Biogeography 11: 97-108.
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.