Camponotus sicheli

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Malta.

Nomenclature

 *  sicheli. Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866a: 488, pl., fig. 2 (w.) ALGERIA.
 * De Stefani, 1889: 144 (q.); Forel, 1890a: lxvi (q.m.).
 * Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1914a: 273.
 * Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1920b: 257.
 * Subspecies of lateralis: Karavaiev, 1912a: 20.
 * Subspecies of piceus: Emery, 1925a: 66.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Forel, 1879a: 94; Emery, 1880: 389; André, 1882a: 150 (in key); Emery, 1884a: 376; Forel, 1886f: 181; De Stefani, 1889: 144; Forel, 1890a: lxvi; Saunders, E. 1890: 202; Emery, 1891b: 21; Dalla Torre, 1893: 252; Emery, 1893c: 88; Forel, 1894d: 3; Forel, 1895d: 227; Emery, 1896d: 373 (in list); Emery, 1914d: 159; Emery, 1916b: 226; Stitz, 1917: 351; Santschi, 1919e: 248; Lomnicki, 1925b: 3; Emery, 1925b: 121; Santschi, 1925g: 359; Menozzi, 1926b: 182; Donisthorpe, 1927a: 9; Santschi, 1931a: 13; Santschi, 1936c: 208; Bernard, 1956b: 260; Ceballos, 1956: 313; Cagniant, 1966b: 281; Cagniant, 1968a: 146; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 84; Cagniant, 1970c: 37; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 195; Baroni Urbani, 1976: 216; Collingwood, 1978: 91 (in key); Cagniant & Espadaler, 1993: 427; Bolton, 1995b: 124; Mei, 1995: 768; Borowiec, L. 2014: 42 (see note in bibliography).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus niger.

Taxonomic Notes
This taxon was collected in the city of Alger. There are no types in the Gustav Mayr collection in. The original description suggests a relatedness to Camponotus guanchus, Camponotus ruber and Camponotus sicheli niger but it does not allow conclusions on synonymies with these taxa (Seifert, 2019).