Review of the Camponotus samius complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Turano-Balkan region, with the description of a new species from Iran Author Salata, Sebastian Author Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan Author Borowiec, Lech text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-15 4763 4 545 562 journal article 22881 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.5 17770afd-8c50-46f3-8b81-e5bc2b93d545 1175-5334 3762144 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3B0E1BAD-72EE-4E68-ABF2-6EE3F9792A94 Camponotus festai Emery, 1894 Figs 17–18 FIGURES 17–18. Camponotus festai Emery : 17—major worker lateral (AntWeb CASENT0905286, photographer Will Ericson), 18—minor worker lateral (scale bar for 17 = 2 mm, for 18 = 1 mm). Camponotus maculatus subsp. festai Emery, 1894: 1 (s.w.). Syntype major worker, Bekfeya, Lebanon (MSNG) [ Syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905286, photos by Will Ericson, available on AntWeb.org]. = Camponotus maculatus r. caeciliae Forel, 1906: 188 (s.w.); Emery, 1908: 187 , as a junior synonym of C. festai . Syntype workers, Taurus, Turkey (Vogt) [not examined]. FIGURES 19–21. 19— Camponotus riedeli Pisarski , major worker lateral (AntWeb CASENT0917222 photographed by Kate Martynova, scale bar = 2 mm). Camponotus ionius Emery , head in full-face view: 20—major worker, 21—minor worker (not to scale). FIGURES 22–25. Head in full-face view: 22, 23 Camponotus laconicus Emery : 22—major worker, 23—minor worker; 24, 25 Camponotus samius Forel : 24—major worker, 25—minor worker (not to scale). Diagnosis. Hind tibia and scape with decumbent to suberect pilosity and additional long, erect setae; gena with numerous erect setae; mesosoma and legs in major and minor workers uniformly reddish-brown, always brighter than black to dark brown head and gaster; gaster uniformly coloured without brighter colouration on its basal part, scape brownish black to black, funiculus yellowish-brown to brown; pilosity on gaster dense. Distribution. Israel , Lebanon , Syria ( Ionescu-Hirsch 2010 ), Turkey ( Ionescu-Hirsch 2010 ; Kiran & Karaman 2012 ). Biology. Camponotus festai is poorly known. It is a thermophile species, observed in open and arid environments, most often on hills with pastures and shrubs.