Camponotus kiesenwetteri nitidescens Forel 1889

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 : 16

Camponotus kiesenwetteri nitidescens Forel 1889

This taxon has been described from Kephalonia / Greece. Investigation of types of all castes from MHN Genève, all labeled ‘...Kephalonia...nitidescens...type’, showed a much stronger sculpture and much denser pubescence on all body surfaces than observed in any member of the C. lateralis group. This results in a matt surface appearance at smaller magnifications. This difference to the C. lateralis group is most obvious on gaster tergites. These characters are perhaps a little less expressed than in the C. kiesenwetteri type. Borowiec and Salata (2014) have raised C. k. nitidescens to species level and considered it closely related to C. boghossiani Forel 1911 without comparing type specimens or discussing photos of type specimens of C. kiesenwetteri , C. k. nitidescens and C. boghossiani .