Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) turkestanicus Emery

Iran list Type location Turkestan (Camponotus sylvaticus Ol. race turkestanicus Emery, 1877a: 212, worker; Rusky, 1905b: 203, queen and male; Emery, 1908a: 203, all forms; raised to species Dalla Torre1893: 255; Emery, 1920c: 8) 1874; Fedtschenko - see below.
junior synonym kaschgariensis (Camponotus maculatus Fabr. r. kaschgariensis n. stirps, Forel, 1901h: 67, workers & queen; synonymy, Forel, 1904b: 378) type location China (western) Kaschgar-Darja; Tancré, December, 1894 - major see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0905319.

Emery's (1877a; 1908a) description is minimal.  He placed it in a group with more or less decumbent pubescence on the tibiae but without spicules on the lower surface. It was the earlier variety a. of Mayr, being all yellow and from Turkestan . See - . Mayr's (1880) note is at . Forel's (1901h) description of kaschgariensis is at .

The photomontage of the type major is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905317

The photomontage of the type minor is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905318

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) turkestanicus B Taylor det.

Iran F Heidary 02.02

27.vi.2013 27.17°N 53.25°E 405 m

Lavarekhasht hand collected soil in garden minor worker

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The photomontage is of a minor worker from Iran, Lavarekhasht; collector F Heidary (02.02)