Camponotus sericeus ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 570

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:10D447D5-D5C0-409F-85FC-6E3E4619C487

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6422548

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scientific name

Camponotus sericeus ( Fabricius, 1798 )
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Camponotus sericeus ( Fabricius, 1798) View in CoL

( Fig. 4 c, d View FIGURE 4 )

Formica sericea Fabricius, 1798: 279 . Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 675 View in CoL .

Camponotus sericeus is one of the more common carpenter ants of the Arabian Peninsula ( Collingwood, 1985; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996; Collingwood et al. 2011). It was originally described from Senegal, recorded from Algeria ( Santschi 1929a) and has a broad distribution throughout the Afrotropical region ( Wheeler 1922, Taylor 2010). Additional records are from Pakistan ( Umair et al., 2012), India, and Ceylon ( Collingwood, 1962). This species has also been reported from the Oriental region, e.g. Thailand ( Jaitrong and Nabhitabhata, 2005).

Workers are active throughout Rawdhat Khorim, being abundant from March through October, with a major peak in June. Workers of C. sericeus occur on Acacia trees and on the giant milkweed Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton (Apocynaceae) . Several workers have been observed foraging on C. procera plants and attending aphids.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Camponotus

Loc

Camponotus sericeus ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2013
2013
Loc

Formica sericea

Mayr, G. 1862: 675
Fabricius, J. C. 1798: 279
1798
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