Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985

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 : 10

Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985

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Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985: 278 (w, q) Saudi Arabia. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

In his original description, Collingwood (1985) pointed out that C. arabicus closely resembles C. alii Forel, 1890 but it can be separated by the abundant subcephalic setae and the more sculptured gaster.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

Nothing has been published on the ecology of this species.

Geographic range

A species originally known from KSA and Oman ( Collingwood 1985), and recorded from Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996). This species was recorded from Dhofar by Collingwood (1985) based on two workers.

Figures

Fig. 5. Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985, paratype, major worker (CASENT0911902, AntWeb.org (Will Ericson)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.