Camponotus gallagheri

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - The affinities of this species appear to be with the Camponotus thraso group but the denser sculpture of the head and alitrunk and the relatively large size of the major worker resemble more Camponotus thoracicus and allied species.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  gallagheri. Camponotus gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 373, fig. 37 (w.) OMAN.

Worker
Holotype: TL 12.8; HL 3.16; HW 2.84; SL 3.21; alitrunk length 5.2; PW 0.76.

The head is distinctly emarginate. There are no subcephalic hairs posterior to the mandibles. The alitrunk dorsum has two pairs of hairs on the pronotum, one pair on the mesonotum, four on the propodeum, one on the petiole and one on the first gastral tergite. The petiole has rounded sides and a flattened dorsal crest. The hind tibiae have decumbent pubescence but no suberect spiny hairs. The head and alitrunk dorsum are dark brown, the rest of the alitrunk petiole and gaster yellowish brown. The paratype minor workers are evenly yellowish brown.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Oman, Jabal Shams, l.X.1990, M.D. Gallagher. Paratypes: 4 workers, same series as holotype. The five workers were collected above 2000 m.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004