Camponotus kosswigi Donisthorpe 1950

Seifert, Bernhard, 2019, A taxonomic revision of the members of the Camponotus lateralis species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasia, Soil Organisms 91 (1), pp. 7-32 : 18-19

Camponotus kosswigi Donisthorpe 1950

The lecto- and paratype, stored in BMNH London, were collected in Erbeyli / W Turkey, 14.V.1947. Pictures of syntypes in antweb.org under CASENT0903594 (major worker) and CASENT0903595 (minor worker) strongly suggest a synonymy with Camponotus lateralis morph 1 based on diagnostic setae and shape characters. A synonymy with Camponotus lateralis morph 2 and C. rebeccae is excluded by the large scape base index SCI which is about 1.23 in the specimen with CW = 1.46 mm and 1.37 in the specimen with CW = 0.96 mm.

Material examined. A total of 66 nest samples with 152 workers were subject to NUMOBAT investigation.

BULGARIA: Arkutino, 1978.08.01, [42.351, 27.707, 8] ; Nessebar, 1964.10.xx, [42.66, 27.71, 10] ; Nessebar, 1974.07.20, [42.66, 27.71, 10] ; Obsor , 1979.08.01, [42.82, 27.88, 30] ; Ropotamo, 1982.09.18, [42.302, 27.728, 9] . GEORGIA: Tbilissi- 2 km S, [41.666, 44.865, 420] . CROATIA: Krk: Airport- 1 km N, 1997.05.31, No 444, [45.229, 14.572, 92] ; Krk: Punat- 5 km SE, 1997.06.01, No 464, [44.985, 14.650, 170] ; Krk: near Markini, 1997.06.01, No 573, [45.120, 14.550, 126] ; Mlini, 1958.08.31, [42.622, 18.208, 20] ; Mlini, 1958.09.14, [42.622, 18.208, 20] ; Pakostane, 2008.09.04, [43.917, 15.500, 5] ; Pula, 2013.06.07, No 37, [44.884, 13.883, 65] ; Skradin, Krka, 2014.05.31, No 16, 43.817, 15.933, 11] ; Slano- 0.5 km NW, 2014.06.01, [42.790, 17.883, 35] ; Split: Marjan, 2013.08.15, No H = 52, [43.514, 16.416, 23] ; Split: Marjan , 2013.08.15, No H = 53, [43.511, 16.406, 53] ; Urgini- 16 km N, 45.257, 14.795, 1250] . CYPRUS: Cedar Valley , 2012.05.05, [34.995, 32.687, 1196] . FRANCE: Banyuls-sur-Mere, no date, [42.45, 3.07, 60] ; Corsica: Ajaccio , 1956.04.05, [41.926, 8.731, 75] ; Marseille, no date, [43.307, 5.460, 120] . GREECE: Andros: Gavrio, 1992.06.xx, [37.880, 24.749, 20] ; Corfou : Doukades , 2013.06.08, [39.701, 19.751, 174] ; Corfou: Klimatia , 2013.06.06, [39.741, 19.790, 311] ; Crete: Argiroupolis , 2013.05.13, [39.293, 24.343, 197] ; Crete: Georgioupolis- 12 km E, 2007.04.30, [35.350, 24.350, 7] ; Crete: Georgioupolis-S, 2007.05.03, [35.333, 24.283, 60] ; Crete: Karoti , 2007.04.30, [35.330, 24.340, 2] ; Crete: Vrises- 6 km S, 2007.05.01, [35.317, 24.200, 2] ; Kassandra: Siviri, 2009.07.25, [40.033, 23.350, 7] ; Kassandrino-Polichronon, 2009.08.29, [40.400, 23.517, 594] ; Metamorfosi, 2009.09.02, [40.233, 23.600, 117] ; Olympos Mts.: Petra, 2012.09.07, [40.178, 22.330, 584] ; Rhodos: Rhodos City, 2008.07.07, [36.433, 28.217, 30] ; Rhodos: Apollakia, 2008.07.05, [36.050, 27.783, 34] ; Rhodos: Kiotari, 2008.07.02, [36.033, 27.950, 3] ; Rhodos: Prasonisi, 2008.07.11, [35.933, 27.767, 29] ; Samos (von Oertzen), pre 1918.xx.xx, [37.75, 26.00, 200] ; Samos: Nightingale Valley, 2013.06.09, [37.783, 26.817, 450] ; Samos: Pythagoreio, 2013.06.04, [37.693, 26.935, 50] ; Sikourio-Spilia, 2012.09.06, [39.777, 22.611, 544] . ITALY: Capodimonte, 2011.11.xx, [42.533, 11.900, 315] ; Friaul: Gradisca, 1993.05.31, [45.990, 13.120, 45] ; Garda-E, 1995.06.13, [45.57, 10.84, 580] ; Roma, 1932.xx.xx, [41.90, 12.49, 52] . MACEDONIA: Drvos- 1.5 km N, 2010.04.20, [41.50, 22.77, 438] . MONTENEGRO: Herceg Novi, 2013.05.09, No 1, [42.453, 18.574, 81] ; Herceg Novi, 2013.05.10, No 9, [42.454, 18.552, 65] ; Herceg Novi, 2013.05.10, No 15, [42.453, 18.550, 70] ; Herceg Novi, 2013.05.11, No 17, [42.453, 18.552, 107] . SPAIN: Mallorca, without exact site and date, pre 1945.xx.xx, [39.60, 2.90, 400] ; Mallorca: Cala Mandia, 1991.11.xx, [39.522, 3.307, 20] ; Mallorca: Ermita de Betlem, 2009.05.12, [39.717, 3.317, 378] ; Mallorca:Felanitx, 2009.05.10, [39.450, 3.175, 335] ; Mallorca: La Palma (Ekker), pre 1925. xx.xx, type C. balearis , [39.58, 2.66, 50] ; Mallorca: Puig de Randa, 2009.05.16, [39.517, 2.917, 370] ; Minorca: Barranco de San Juan, 1925.08.24, type C. armouri [39.973, 3.893, 50] . TURKEY: Demirtas- 22 km NE, 1997.05.04, [37.475, 32.273, 450] ; Kemer-Somasekri, 2010.07.01, [36.583, 30.467, 319] ; Phaselis, 2010.06.29, [36.517,30.550, 20] ; Tasucu- 10 km SW, 1997.05.14, No 354, [36.268, 33.814, 50] ; Temessos, 2010.07.03, [36.967, 30.450, 1018] ; Yayladagi, 1997.05.13, No 334, No 337, [36.593, 30.447, 500] .

Geographic range. In addition to the range indicated by the material account given above, specimens determined by subjective inspection originated from the Iberian Peninsula, S France, and S Alps (Ticino and S Tyrol / Alto Adige). The northernmost sites in the Southern Alps are at 47.7°N. According to the information currently available, it is the only Eurocaucasian species of the C. lateralis group extending its range to N Africa: occurrence in Algeria is documented by the type series of Camponotus lateralis purius Santschi collected in the city of Alger.

Diagnosis. For the character combinations to identify this species and its two morphs see key and Tab. 2 . Morph 1 is imaged in AntWeb.org under the specimen identification numbers ANTWEB1038014, CASENT0179871, CASENT0249989, CASENT0249990, CASENT0903594, CASENT0903595, CASENT0912190, CASENT0912191, CASENT0914267 and morph 2 under ANTWEB1038013, CASENT0911698, CASENT0911699, CASENT0914262.

Biology. see Seifert (2018) and Wagner (2014).

Comments. The distribution east of Asia Minor and Caucasus is not studied. The sample from Algeria shows that dimorphism of shape and setae apparently applies to the whole Mediterranean region.