Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 6-10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094318
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scientific name	Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
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Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915 View in CoL

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Camponotus maculatus subsp. aegyptiacus Emery, 1915a: 79 View in CoL (w) Egypt. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Among the Arabian members of the genus this species is readily recognized by the presence of three yellow merged blotches on each side of gaster; subcephalic setae present but not numerous.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 13 w; Ayn Razat ; 17.130° N, 54.236° E; alt. 121 m; 20 Nov. 2017; ML; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 6 w; Salalah ; 17.152° N, 54.219° E; alt. 435 m; 22 Nov. 2017; HP; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 2 w; Ayn Hamran ; 17.100° N, 54.284° E; alt. 106 m; 20 Nov. 2017; HP; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 1 w; Ayn Dirbat ; 17.106° N, 54.453° E; alt. 207 m; 17 Nov. 2017; HP; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 4 w; Ayn Sahlanot ; 17.147° N, 54.180° E; alt. 134 m; 16 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 3 w; Dhalkout ; 16.693° N, 53.156° E; alt. 628 m; 18 Nov. 2017; HP; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 8 w; Ayn Razat ; 17.124° N, 54.238° E; alt. 98 m; 20 Nov. 2017; HP; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps .

Ecological and biological notes

Camponotus aegyptiacus was found nesting under a rock where the soil was rocky, and the nest included a chamber inhabited by silverfish (Thysanura Leach, 1815). Several workers were foraging in a dry leaf litter under a tree of Prosopis L. ( Fabaceae Lindl. ). Other workers were ascending trees and shrubs and were collected using a beating sheet.

Geographic range

Camponotus aegyptiacus was described from Egypt and recorded from KSA, Kuwait, Oman, and Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996), and Egypt ( Sharaf 2006).