Camponotus sericeus ( Fabricius, 1798 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6422548 |
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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.
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Camponotus sericeus ( Fabricius, 1798 )
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2013 |
Formica sericea
Mayr, G. 1862: 675 |
Fabricius, J. C. 1798: 279 |