Camponotus sicheli niger

Camponotus sicheli niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. sicheli
Subspecies:	C. sicheli niger
Trinomial name
Camponotus sicheli niger Emery, 1925

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• nigra. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) sicheli var. nigra Emery, 1925b: 121.
  • [First available use of Camponotus lateralis subsp. sicheli var. nigra Karavaiev, 1912a: 21 (w.) ALGERIA (?); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (attributed to Forel).]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925a: 71.
  • Subspecies of sicheli: Bolton, 1995b: 113.
  • Junior synonym of sicheli: Cagniant, 2006: 194.

Taxonomic Notes

Seifert (2019): The type specimens of this taxon have been collected near El Kantara which is either in Tunisia or Algeria. The original description indicates similarities in color and propodeal shape to Camponotus lateralis but Karavajev noted that the petiole scale is very thick in profile view, being thicker in the upper third than at base, and shows a very rounded crest. This character and the zoogeographic distance suggest that this taxon is not conspecific with C. lateralis or Camponotus rebeccae and is probably close to Camponotus guanchus.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 121, worker described)
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• Seifert, B. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the members of the Camponotus lateralis species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasia. Soil Organisms 91: 7-32 (doi:10.25674/so-91-1-02).