Camponotus aegyptiacus (lat.) - a species of earthen ants of the genus Camponotus from the subfamily Formicina ( Formicidae ).
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Distribution
North, Central and East Africa [1] .
Description
Earth ants nest in soil and under stones in savannas and deserts. The main body coloration ( breast and abdomen ) is yellowish brown ( head to black). Medium in size, workers and soldiers from 8 to 12 mm long. The scape of the antennae is long, extends beyond the occipital margin of the head. The legs are thin and long. The anterior margin of the clypeus with a rectangular lobe that projects forward beyond the front corners of the head. The chest in profile is uniformly convex. Propodeum without transverse impression, round and without epinotal spines or teeth. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one segment ( petiolus ), bearing a vertical scale. They nest in earthen anthills [1] [2] . As part of the secretion of dufur glands , several pheromones were found, including undecane C 11 H 24 and dodecyl acetate C 14 H 28 O 2 [3] [4] .
Systematics
The species was first described from Egypt in 1915 by the Italian worldmecologist Carlo Emery under the original name Camponotus maculatus subsp. aegyptiacus Emery, 1915 and in 1925, was included in the subgenus Tanaemyrmex along with species such as Camponotus turkestanus , Camponotus aethiops , Camponotus xerxes and Camponotus fedtschenkoi [1] [2] [5] [6] [7] . Females and males were described in 1932 (Menozzi, 1932) [8] . In 1972, elevated to species status (Baroni Urbani, 1972) [9] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aegyptiacus Emery at antsofafrica.org
- ↑ 1 2 Radchenko A.G. Review of ants of the subgenus Tanaemyrmex, Colobopsis, Myrmamblis, Myrmosericus, Orthonotomyrmex and Paramyrmamblis of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Asian part of the Palearctic (Russian) // Zoological Journal : Journal. - M .: Nauka, 1997. - T. 76 , No. 7 . - S. 806-815 .
- ↑ Semiochemicals of Camponotus aegyptiacus . pherobase.com
- ↑ Ali, MF, Billen, JPJ, Jackson, BD, and Morgan, ED 1988. Secretion of the dufour glands of two African desert ants, Camponotus aegyptiacus and Cataglyphis savignyi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 16: 647-654.
- ↑ Emery, C. 1915. Sur le type de Camponotus maculatus (Formica maculata F.) (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr 1915: 79-80 (page 79, description of the worker)
- ↑ Emery, C. 1920. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 5, as varieteta / subspecies of maculatus )
- ↑ Emery, C. 1925. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 87, composed of C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- ↑ Menozzi, C. 1932. Spedizione scientifica all'Oasi di Cufra (marzo-luglio 1931). Formiche. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 55: 451–456 (page 453, description of females and males)
- ↑ Baroni Urbani, C. 1972. Studi sui Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel 82: 122-135 (page 130, upgraded to species status)
Literature
- Ali, MF, Billen, JPJ, Jackson, BD, and Morgan, ED Secretion of the dufour glands of two African desert ants, Camponotus aegyptiacus and Cataglyphis savignyi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae ) // Biochem. Syst. Ecol .. - 1988. - Vol. 16 . - P. 647-654 .
- Ionescu-Hirsh, A. An annotated list of Camponotus of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key and descriptions of new species (Eng.) // Israel Journal of Entomology . - 2009. - Vol. 39 . - P. 57-98 .
Links
- Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aegyptiacus Emery at antsofafrica.org
- Camponotus Carpenter Ants on eol.org