Camponotus aegyptiacus

This species is generally common throughout Arabia. Males frequently fly to light in the evening. (Collingwood and Agosti 1996).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Eritrea, Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, Yemen. Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Kuwait, Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  aegyptiacus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. aegyptiacus Emery, 1915f: 79 (w.) EGYPT. Menozzi, 1932e: 453 (q.m.). [Also described as new by Emery, 1915g: 22.] Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 87. Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1916: 459; Emery, 1920c: 5; Santschi, 1935b: 275. Raised to species, senior synonym of infrasquameus and material of the unavailable names claveaui, sudanicus referred here: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 130.
 * infrasquameus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus st. infrasquameus Santschi, 1926b: 249 (s.w.q.) BENIN. Junior synonym of aegyptiacus: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 130.