Camponotus rubripes r. samius Forel, 1889: 262
Dalla Torre, 1893: 251
Camponotus maculatus : Emery, 1896: 370
Emery, 1905: 35
Forel, 1906: 187
Emery, 1920: 6
Emery, 1925: 100
Finzi, 1930: 318
Camponotus samius var. spagnolinii Emery, 1920: 6
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987: 59
C. samius
Camponotus maculatus r. samius var. bosphoricus Forel, 1906: 187
Emery, 1925: 100
samius
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 219
Bolton, 1995: 89
Kiran & Karaman , 2012: 8
Camponotus rubripes r. cognatus var. cognatopilicornis Forel, 1889: 255
ionius
Emery, 1925: 100
samius
Radchenko, 1997: 809
Review of the Camponotus samius complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Turano-Balkan region, with the description of a new species from Iran
Salata, Sebastian
Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan
Borowiec, Lech
Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-15
4763
4
545
562
68WKF
Forel, 1889
Forel
1889
[151,544,1428,1454]
Insecta
Formicidae
Camponotus
Animalia
Hymenoptera
9
554
Arthropoda
species
samius
Figs 15–16, 24–25
Camponotus rubripesr. samius Forel, 1889: 262(s.w.). Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 251. Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Emery, 1896: 370; Emery, 1905: 35; Forel, 1906: 187. Revived status as species: Emery, 1920: 6; Emery, 1925: 100; Finzi, 1930: 318. Syntypemajor and minor workers, Marathokampos, Samos, Greece(MSNG) [ Syntypemajor and minor workers images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0910260 and CASENT0910259, photos by Zach Lieberman, available on AntWeb.org]. = Camponotus samiusvar. spagnolinii Emery, 1920: 6(w.); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987: 59, as a junior synonym of C. samius. Syntypemajor and minor workers, Büyükada, Turkey(MHNG) [ Syntypemajor and minor workers images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905291 and CASENT0905290, photos by Will Ericson, available on AntWeb.org]. = Camponotus maculatusr. samiusvar. bosphoricus Forel, 1906: 187(w.) Turkey; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name. Material referred to spagnoliniiby Emery, 1925: 100. Material referred to samiusby Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 219; Bolton, 1995: 89; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8. = Camponotus rubripesr. cognatusvar. cognatopilicornis Forel, 1889: 255, 262 (w.) Greece; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name. Material referred to ioniusby Emery, 1925: 100. Material referred to samiusby Radchenko, 1997: 809.
Diagnosis.Hindtibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity but without additional erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; minor and major workers with head uniformly black to dark brown, mesosoma and legs with variable colouration from yellow to reddish-brown, gaster in major and minor workers always with distinctly brighter basal part; pilosity on gaster sparse and thin.
Distribution. Greece( Salata & Borowiec 2018), Turkey( Kiran & Karaman2012), Romania( Tausan & Lapeva-Gjonova 2017), Bulgaria( Lapeva-Gjonova et al.2010). We consider the record from Afghanistan( Collingwood 1961) as doubtful due to the remote locality of this place from the known distribution of the species.
Biology. Camponotus samiusis a thermophile species most often recorded from pine forests. It also occurs in stream valleys with deciduous trees, suburban areas with maquis, pastures with shrubs or from dry hills in the coastal area. Nests are located under large stones. Workers are active usually at dawn and dusk.