Camponotus oasium

Identification
Key to Camponotus of Turkey

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.
 * ruzskyellus. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus r. ruzskyellus Forel, 1922: 98 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 104. Raised to species: Emery, 1925b: 104. Junior synonym of oasium: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
 * 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.
 * ninivae. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thoracicus subsp. ninivae Pisarski, 1971a: 674, figs. 10-14 (s.w.) IRAQ. Junior synonym of sanctus: Radchenko, 1996b: 1202 (in key); of oasium: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Karaman aktac 2013.pdf|Karaman, C.; Aktaç, N. 2013. Descriptions of four new species of Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key for the worker caste of the Camponotus of Turkey. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 86(1):36-56. PDF]]