Camponotus sicheli nigra Karavajev 1912

Seifert, Bernhard, 2019, A taxonomic revision of the members of the Camponotus lateralis species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasia, Soil Organisms 91 (1), pp. 7-32 : 15

Camponotus sicheli nigra Karavajev 1912

The type specimens of this taxon have been collected near El Kantara which is either in Tunisia or Algeria. The original description indicates similarities in color and propodeal shape to C. lateralis but Karavajev noted that the petiole scale is very thick in profile view, being thicker in the upper third than at base, and shows a very rounded crest. This character and the zoogeographic distance suggest that this taxon is not conspecific with C. lateralis or C. rebeccae and is probably close to C. guanchus .