Camponotus adenensis Emery, 1893

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Camponotus adenensis Emery, 1893

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Camponotus maculatus subsp. adenensis Emery, 1893, p. 257 (s.w.q.) Yemen. Palaearctic.

Diagnosis

Soldier. Uniform dark brown to black-brown species with legs distinctly paler than body, frequently yellow; head in full-face view broader posteriorly than anteriorly, posterior margin of head straight; underside of head with few sparse setae or sometimes without; petiole a narrow-pointed scale in profile; hind tibiae without spiny bristles but with a fringe of short setae on the length of the tibial underside; body surface with numerous scattered stiff setae.

Material examined. Fourteen sites: A; 3; 4; 7; 10; 11; 12; 13; 17; 19; 20; 21; 23; 32.

Geographic range. This species, originally described from Yemen, has also been recorded from the KSA ( Collingwood 1985; Collingwood and Agosti 1996), and the UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011).

Ecology and biology. Unknown.

Figures

Figure 5. Camponotus adenensis. Major worker. (A) Body in profile. (B) Head in full-face view, ANTWEB1041886, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito). (C) Distribution map.

Figure 6. Camponotus adenensis, Small worker. (A) Body in profile. (B) Body in dorsal view. (C) Head in full-face view, ANTWEB1041916, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito).