Species: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oasium

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

Camponotus rubripes r. oasium Forel, 1890b PDF: lxv (s.w.q.) ALGERIA. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1902a PDF: 158 (m.)

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1905g PDF: 40 (fig. caption); Forel, 1907d PDF: 30; Forel, 1907h PDF: 16; Emery, 1908a PDF: 194; Forel, 1909k PDF: 389; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 9; Santschi, 1910f PDF: 234; Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 21; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 173; Stitz, 1917 PDF: 351; Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 6; Emery, 1924a PDF: 8; Emery, 1925d PDF: 99; Menozzi, 1927g PDF: 380; Santschi, 1929g PDF: 165; Menozzi, 1932e PDF: 453; Santschi, 1934f PDF: 172; Santschi, 1939d PDF: 78; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 163.

Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Emery, 1891c: 18; Emery, 1893m PDF: 241 (footnote), 245; Forel, 1894d PDF: 5; Forel, 1895e PDF: 232; Emery, 1896j PDF: 371 (in list); Forel, 1902a PDF: 158; Forel, 1903b PDF: 457; Forel, 1904c PDF: 379; Forel, 1904d PDF: 12; Ruzsky, 1923: 2.

Subspecies of Camponotus compressus: Menozzi, 1934: 156.

Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 245; Collingwood, 1961a PDF: 75; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 282; Bolton, 1995b: 114; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 374; Radchenko, 1996e: 1202 (in key); Radchenko, 1997d: 809; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2000b PDF: 387 (redescription); Mohamed et al., 2001 PDF: 43; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 153; Collingwood et al., 2011 PDF: 451; Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 53 (in key); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 38; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 138.

Senior synonym of Camponotus bactrianus: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.

Senior synonym of Camponotus ruzskyellus: Radchenko, 1997d: 809.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Egypt
    Asia: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name	Status	Publication	Pages	ModsID	GoogleMaps
Camponotus oasium		Mohamed, S., Zalat, S. & Fadl, H., 2001, Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt., Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3, pp. 40-61: 43-44, (download)	43-44	21622
Camponotus oasium		Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Alipanah, H., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran., Myrmecologische Nachrichten 11, pp. 151-159: 154-159, (download)	154-159	21820

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in Rural area.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times by hand, 1 times Hand.

Elevations: collected from 34 - 1964 meters, 1373 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1957-05-25 00:00:00.0 and 2017-11-19 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: paratype of Camponotus bactrianus: casent0917221, casent0917251; paratype of Camponotus thoracicus ninivae: casent0911141; syntype of Camponotus thoracicus ninivae: casent0917224, casent0917225; syntype of Camponotus maculatus ruzskyellus: casent0910314; type of Camponotus bactrianus: focol1851-1, focol1851-2

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