Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery 1915
Creators: name: Sharaf, Mostafa R.
name: Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
name: Mohamed, Amr A.
name: Fisher, Brian L.
name: Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Camponotus
Camponotus aegyptiacus

description: <i>Camponotus aegyptiacus</i> Emery, 1915 Figure 3. <i>Tapinoma simrothi</i>, worker, A, body in profile B, body in dorsal view C, head in full-face view, CASENT0263927 (Estella Ortega), www.AntWeb.org. (Fig. 5 A–C) <i>Camponotus maculatus</i> subsp. <i>aegyptiacus</i> Emery, 1915: 79 (w.) Egypt. Palearctic. <b> <i>Diagnosis.</i> Worker.</b> Like many species of the genus, <i>C. aegyptiacus</i>is a strongly polymorphic species; small workers are clear yellow; large workers are dark brown to black-brown. The species can be separated from other Arabian species and specifically from its congener <i>C. maculatus</i> (Fabricius, 1782) by the presence of three yellow blotches on each side of the gaster that merge laterally; underside of head with few gular setae (6–10), whereas <i>C. maculatus</i>has two to three discretegastral blotches on each side and underside of head with numerous setae (more than 10) <b> <i>Previous records</i>.</b> Doha, 25°17.124’N, 51°31.86’E, 05.x.1982, 8 w; Doha, 25°17.124’N, 51°31.86’E, 03.iv. 1983, 6 w; Al Zubarah, 25°58.794’N, 51°1.602’E, 11.iii. 1984, 15 w; Al Khor, 25°40.824’N, 51°29.814’E, 02.iv. 1985, 7 w, (Abdo and Shaumer 1985). . <b> <i>Geographic distribution</i>.</b> This species was originally described from Egypt and is known from West, East and Northeast Africa (Sharaf 2006) and the Arabian Peninsula, including KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen (Collingwood and Agosti 1996), and Qatar (Abdo and Shaumer 1985, Abdel-Dayem 2007). <b> <i>Ecological and biological notes</i>.</b> This species is omnivorous (Sharaf 2006), frequently foraging at night (Collingwood 1985).
description: Published as part of <i>Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Mohamed, Amr A., Fisher, Brian L. &amp; Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2020, A Preliminary Synopsis of the Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with Remarks on the Zoogeography, pp. 533-560 in Annales Zoologici 70 (4)</i> on pages 537-539, DOI: 10.3161/00034541anz2020.70.4.005, http://zenodo.org/record/4433537
description: {"references": ["Emery, C. 1915. Sur le type de Camponotus maculatus (Formica maculata F.) (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 1915: 79 - 80.", "Fabricius, J. C. 1782 (\" 1781 \"). Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma, auctorum loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome I. Hamburgi et Kilonii [= Hamburg and Kiel]: C. E. Bohn, 552 pp.", "Sharaf, M. R. 2006. Taxonomic and ecological studies on family Formicidae (Order: Hymenoptera) in Egypt including some protectorates with a study of some insect fauna associated with ant species [unpublished thesis]. Cairo: Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science, Entomology Department, 340 pp.", "Collingwood, C. A. and Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2). Fauna of Arabia, 15: 300 - 385.", "Abdel-Dayem, M. S. 2007. Plant-Insect Relationship in Prosopis cineraria. P. 69 - 126. In: Abdel Bary EMM, Fahmi GM, Althani NJ, Althani RF and Abdel-Dayem MS (eds) The Ghaf Tree Prosopis cineraria in Qatar. National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage; Doha, Qatar. 1 st. ed., 165 pp.", "Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7: 230 - 302."]}