Camponotus oasium

Distribution
Khalili-Moghadam et al. (2019) examined specimens similar to the C. oasium morphotype from Fars province in Iran, but their conspecificity with true C. oasium is uncertain.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mali, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  oasium. Camponotus rubripes r. oasium Forel, 1890a: lxv (s.w.q.) ALGERIA. Forel, 1902a: 158 (m.). Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1891b: 18; Forel, 1902a: 158. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 245. Subspecies of compressus: Menozzi, 1934: 164. Revived status as species: Collingwood, 1961a: 75. Senior synonym of bactrianus, ninivae, ruzskyellus: Radchenko, 1997d: 809. See also: Tohmé & Tohmé, 2000: 387.
 * bactrianus. Camponotus bactrianus Pisarski, 1967: 411, figs. 77-81 (s.w.q.) AFGHANISTAN. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Pisarski, 1970: 322. Junior synonym of oasium: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.

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