Camponotus samius

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Camponotus samius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Subgenus: Tanaemyrmex
Species complex: samius
Species: C. samius
Binomial name
Camponotus samius
Forel, 1889

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Camponotus samius is a thermophile species most often recorded from pine forests. It also occurs in stream valleys with deciduous trees, suburban areas with maquis, pastures with shrubs or from dry hills in the coastal area. Nests are located under large stones. Workers are active usually at dawn and dusk. In Cyprus, Salata et al. (2023) report that Camponotus samius has been collected from road sides, nature trails, pine, deciduous and cedar forests as well as riverbanks close to the seashore.

Identification

A member of the Camponotus samius species complex (Tanaemyrmex).

Salata et al. (2020) - Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity but without additional erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; minor and major workers with head uniformly black to dark brown, mesosoma and legs with variable colouration from yellow to reddish-brown, gaster in major and minor workers always with distinctly brighter basal part; pilosity on gaster sparse and thin.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

This is an uncommon southern and eastern species, recorded from the Aegean Islands, Cyclades, the Dodecanese, Macedonia, the Peloponnese, Sterea Ellas and Thrace (Borowiec et al., 2022).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 45.121554° to 36.408889°.

 
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece (type locality), Romania, Türkiye.

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

Worker

Salata, Khalili-Moghadam, and Borowiec 2020. Figures 15-16. Camponotus samius 15: major worker; 16: minor worker; scale bars = 2mm.
Salata, Khalili-Moghadam, and Borowiec 2020. Figures 24-25. Camponotus samius 24: major worker; 25: minor worker.

Nomenclature

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

  • samius. Camponotus rubripes r. samius Forel, 1889: 262 (s.w.) GREECE.
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 100.
    • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 241 (footnote), 251; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1905d: 35; Forel, 1906c: 187; Emery, 1908a: 192; Forel, 1911d: 359; Emery, 1914d: 159; Emery, 1915h: 2; Stitz, 1917: 351; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 677 (anachronism).
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 251; Emery, 1920c: 6, 10 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 100; Finzi, 1930d: 318; Menozzi, 1936d: 300; Aktaç, 1977: 125; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 219; Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Radchenko, 1996b: 1200 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Petrov, 2006: 109 (in key); Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 46; Legakis, 2011: 32; Karaman, C. et al. 2011: 191; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 481; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 53 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 41; Lebas, et al. 2016: 154; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2018: 5; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44.
    • Senior synonym of spagnolinii: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8.
    • Material of the unavailable name bosphoricus referred here by Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 122; Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8.
    • Material of the unavailable name cognatopilicornis referred here by Radchenko, 1997d: 809.
  • spagnolinii. Camponotus samius var. spagnolinii Emery, 1920c: 6.
    • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. samius var. spagnolinii Emery, 1905d: 36 (w.) TURKEY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908a: 192.
    • Subspecies of samius: Emery, 1925b: 100.
    • Junior synonym of samius: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 219; Bolton, 1995b: 124; Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8.

Type Material

Salata et al. (2020) - Syntype major and minor workers, Marathokampos, Samos, Greece (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa) Syntype major and minor workers images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0910260 and CASENT0910259, photos by Zach Lieberman.

Salata et al. (2023) states: Camponotus samius Forel, 1889: 262 (s.,w.): Lectotype workers, Camponotus rubripes r. samius., Samos, Marathokampos (MHNG) (leg. von Oertzen) [syntype images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0910259, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman available on https://www.AntWeb.org]. However the source of the lectotype designation is not stated and could not be located (note also that a lectotype is a single individual, therefore stating "lectotype workers" (plural) is incorrect).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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