Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt. Author Mohamed, S. Author Zalat, S. Author Fadl, H. text Egyptian Journal of Natural History 2001 3 40 61 journal article 21622 10.4314/ejnh.v3i1.30001 Camponotus Mayr, 1861: Europ. Formicid.:35,(Wien). Type-species: Formica ligniperda Latreille , 1802, Fourmis: 88, by designation of Bingham, 1903. Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearctic & Neotropical regions. Key to species 1- First gastral tergite with basal two thirds paler than the rest; petiole dorsum steeply rounded (Fig. 12) ... Campontus oasium Forel - Gaster completely dark or with small yellowish batch at base only; petiole dorsum widely rounded to flat (Fig. 13)... Campontus thoracicus (Fabricius)