Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913

Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913: 436 (s.): Syntype workers, Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) lateralis Ol. v. Rebeccae For., Damascus (Syria) (MHNG) (leg. U. Sahlberg) [Syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0910432, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman, available on https://www.AntWeb.org].

Camponotus lateralis var. cypridis Santschi, 1939: 6 (s.,w.,q.,m.): Syntype workers, Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis Ol. v. cypridis Santschi., Chypre, Yermasozia Riv. (Cyprus, Limassol, Yermasogeia) (NHMB) (leg. Mavromoustakis erroneously on label as “ Mavromostakis ”) [Syntype workers images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0911696 and CASENT0911697, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Will Ericson, available on https://www. AntWeb. org].

Diagnosis. Seifert (2019): 21 and Borowiec & Salata (2022): 105.

Distribution in Cyprus

1w.: Paphos, Akamas Pen., Aphrodite Baths, 54 m, 35.05668 / 32.34433, 04 V 2012, L. Borowiec (MNHW) ; 8w.: Paphos, Diarizos riv., Rock of Chasampoulion, 262 m, 34.79767 / 32.70502, 06 V 2012, L. Borowiec (MNHW) ; 1w.: Paphos, Akamas Pen., Avakas gorge, 38 m, 34.91832 / 32.333109, 18 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW) ; 8w.: Paphos, Aphrodite Baths, 47 m, 35.056245 / 32.345005, 27 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW) ; 3w.: Paphos, Agios Neofytos Monastery, 424 m, 34.846027 / 32.447846, 29 IV 2022 (MNHW) ; 2w.: Paphos, Tzelefos Bridge, 453 m, 34.8899 / 32.7475, 19 IV 2022, J. Demetriou & Georgiadis (JDPC) .

Ecology

Camponotus rebeccae has been collected from an urban garden as well as more humid and shadowy habitats such as a forest along a riverbank, close to a stream, in the Baths of Aphrodite bath cave and botanical garden, bushes and on the ground in a shadow valley as well as riverbanks inside deciduous forests.