Camponotus abrahami

Identification
Radchenko (1997) - A member of the Camponotus lateralis species group. Distinguished by very delicately sculptured and shining intugements. This species is close to Camponotus piceus, differing from it in much thinner petiole scale.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Lebanon, Turkey.

This species is found in the Middle East (Karaman & Aktaç, 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  abrahami. Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) libanicus var. abrahami Forel, 1913d: 435 (s.w.q.) LEBANON.
 * Tohmé, G. 1969: 11 (m.).
 * Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 121.
 * Subspecies of libanicus: Emery, 1925b: 121.
 * Status as species: Tohmé, G. 1969: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 83; Radchenko, 1997b: 705; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 50 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 24.

Taxonomic Notes
Seifert (2019): This taxon has been described from Lebanon. Two investigated syntypes from, labeled Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) libanicus André v. abrahami For type ‘.Libanon.J. Sahlberg.No 141.’ differ from any member of the C. lateralis group by the dorsal mesosomal profile being in overall aspect evenly convex with a very shallow metanotal groove.

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.
 * Forel, A. "Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 21 (1913): 427-438.
 * Radchenko A. G. 1997. A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, Genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic. Entomological Review 77(8): 1050-1059.
 * Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de lAgriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
 * Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
 * Tohmé, G. "Description d'espèces nouvelles de fourmis au Liban (Hymenoptera Formicoidea)." Publications de l'Universite Libanaise, Section des Sciences Naturelles 7 (1969): 1-15.