Camponotus evansi

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Camponotus evansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. evansi
Binomial name
Camponotus evansi
Crawley, 1920

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran, Iraq (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • evansi. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) maculatus subsp. evansi Crawley, 1920b: 178 (s.w.) IRAQ.
    • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Iraq (“Mesopotamia”): NE Baghdad, 1919 (W.E. Evans).
    • Type-depository: BMNH (perhaps also OXUM).
    • [Misspelled as evandi by Emery, 1925b: 89.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 89.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1925b: 89.
    • Status as species: Pisarski, 1971b: 727; Bolton, 1995b: 98; Radchenko, 1996b: 1201 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 808; Borowiec, L. 2014: 30.
    • Distribution: Iraq.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Crawley W. C. 1920. Ants from Mesopotamia and north-west Persia (concluded). Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 32: 177-179.
  • Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.
  • Pisarski B. 1971. Les fourmis du genre Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) d'Iraq. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences. Série des Sciences Biologiques. 19: 727-731.