Contents Miscellaneous ants - Iran
SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE - Genus Camponotus
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oertzeni Forel

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oertzeni Forel

return to listIran list{link to the Hymenoptera Name Server}Type location Greece (Camponotus rubripes Drury race Oertzeni n. stirps, Forel 1889: 263; major & minor workers; raised to species by Dalla Torre, 1893: 246, name only, as oertzenii For.; current status from Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58, list only) Samos and Marathokampos, Oertzen - see below
junior synonyms/subspecies
jaliensis (Camponotus rubripes Drury race Oertzeni n. stirps var. Jaliensis n. v., Forel 1889: 264; major & minor workers) from Greece, Jali Island, Sporaden - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0910192
kappariensis (Camponotus rubripes Drury race Oertzeni n. stirps var. Kappariensis n. v., Forel 1889: 264; major & minor workers) from Greece, Kappari Island, Sporaden - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0910196
andrius (Camponotus rubripes Drury race Oertzeni n. stirps var. Andrius n. v., Forel 1889: 265; major & minor workers) from Greece, Andros Island - see https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0910194
karawajewi (Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus F. subsp. aethiops Latr. var. clara nov., Karavaiev, 1926c: 190, major & minor workers & queen; name revised to  C. karawajewi Radtschenko nom.  n. by Radchenko [Radtschenko] 1997e: in key; in Russian, synonymised under oertzeni by Radchenko, 1997d: 809) Azerbaijan; Caucasus, Bez. Lenkoran (Gouv. Baku), 27.vii.1906, Schelkownikow [Lankaran (Lenkoran) is a district in the south) - no images on Antweb (September 2015).

Note: Dalla Torre (1893: 246) also listed varieties andrius and jailensis from the one Forel (1889: 293 ff) text. Antweb/Antbase wrongly attributes synonymy to Dalla Torre who simply listed "varieties"; it also lists Camponotus andrius as a species, attributing the separation to Radchenko (1997d: 807). Camponotus jaliensis as a distinct species is attributed to Pisarski (1971a: 672; also Agosti & Collingwood (1987a: 58, list only)

Forel gave major TL 7 mm, HW 1.9, HL 2.1, SL 1.7; minor TL 4.3 mm. The three varieties were slightly larger, andrius TL 5.5-8.4 mm, jaliensis TL 4.3-7.5 mm, and kappariensis TL 5.2-8.4 mm.

Examination of the type images, listed above, shows no obvious differences between the type oertzeni and the other three Forel forms.  It has to be suggested that there is only the one species, separable perhaps by slight variations in colour although the typical Antweb magenta tint does not help.

The lack of any images of karawajewi (clara) precludes comparison and the thinking in the Radchenko (1997d) paper is unavailable and in Russian. [Radchenko, A. G. 1997D. Review of ants of the subgenera Tanaemyrmex, Colobopsis, Myrmamblis, Myrmosericus, Orthonotomyrmex and Paramyrmamblis of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Asian Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 76:806-815. [1997-07] 132073]. That paper post-dates Radchenko's 1996 key (1997 HNS8587).


Forel's (1889) description is at - {original description}. Karavaiev's (1926c) description is at - {original description}. Radchenko's (1997c) key is at - {original description}.


{Camponotus oertzeni major}The photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249878.



{Camponotus oertzeni minor}The photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249625.

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