Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913

Salata, Sebastian, Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos & Borowiec, Lech, 2023, Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cyprus: generic synopsis and description of a new species, Asian Myrmecology (e 016007) 16, pp. 1-33 : 15-16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.016007
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
status

Treatment

Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913 View in CoL

Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913: 436 (s.): Syntype workers, Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) lateralis Ol. v. Rebeccae For., Damascus ( Syria) (MHNG) (leg. U. Sahlberg) [Syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0910432, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman, available on https://www.AntWeb.org].

Camponotus lateralis var. cypridis Santschi, 1939: 6 View in CoL (s.,w.,q.,m.): Syntype workers, Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis Ol. v. cypridis Santschi. View in CoL , Chypre, Yermasozia Riv. ( Cyprus, Limassol, Yermasogeia ) (NHMB) (leg. Mavromoustakis erroneously on label as “ Mavromostakis ”) [Syntype workers images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0911696 and CASENT0911697, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Will Ericson, available on https://www. AntWeb. org].

Diagnosis. Seifert (2019): 21 and Borowiec & Salata (2022): 105.

Distribution in Cyprus

1w.: Paphos, Akamas Pen., Aphrodite Baths , 54 m, 35.05668 / 32.34433, 04 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 8w.: Paphos, Diarizos riv., Rock of Chasampoulion , 262 m, 34.79767 / 32.70502, 06 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Akamas Pen., Avakas gorge, 38 m, 34.91832 / 32.333109, 18 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 8w.: Paphos, Aphrodite Baths , 47 m, 35.056245 / 32.345005, 27 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 3w.: Paphos, Agios Neofytos Monastery , 424 m, 34.846027 / 32.447846, 29 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 2w.: Paphos, Tzelefos Bridge , 453 m, 34.8899 / 32.7475, 19 IV 2022, J. Demetriou & Georgiadis ( JDPC) GoogleMaps .

Ecology

Camponotus rebeccae has been collected from an urban garden as well as more humid and shadowy habitats such as a forest along a riverbank, close to a stream, in the Baths of Aphrodite bath cave and botanical garden, bushes and on the ground in a shadow valley as well as riverbanks inside deciduous forests.