Camponotus riedeli

Camponotus riedeli is poorly known. Workers were collected on slopes of limestone hills (Pisarski 1971).

Identification
A member of the Camponotus samius species complex (Tanaemyrmex).

Salata et al. (2020) - Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity and additional erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; head, mesosoma and gaster brownish-black to black, legs in major and minor workers mostly brownish-black only coxa yellowish to yellowish brown, scape and first segment of funiculus black, remaining segments of funiculus yellowish; pilosity on gaster dense.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iraq.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) festai subsp. riedeli Pisarski, 1971b: 728, figs. 1-5 (s.w.) IRAQ.
 * Subspecies of festai: Bolton, 1995b: 120.
 * Status as species: Radchenko, 1996b: 1200 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Borowiec, L. 2014: 40.

Type Material
Salata et al. (2020) - Holotype major worker, Salahuddin ad Erbil, Iraq  Holotype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0917222, photos by Kate Martynova.

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.