Camponotus adenensis Emery 1893

Camponotus adenensis Emery, 1893 (Figures 5 and 6) Camponotus maculatus subsp. adenensis Emery, 1893, p. 257 (s.w.q.) Yemen. Palaearctic. Diagnosis Soldier. Uniform dark brown to black-brown species with legs distinctly paler than body, frequently yellow; head in full-face view broader posteriorly than anteriorly, posterior margin of head straight; underside of head with few sparse setae or sometimes without; petiole a narrow-pointed scale in profile; hind tibiae without spiny bristles but with a fringe of short setae on the length of the tibial underside; body surface with numerous scattered stiff setae. Material examined. Fourteen sites: A; 3; 4; 7; 10; 11; 12; 13; 17; 19; 20; 21; 23; 32. Geographic range. This species, originally described from Yemen, has also been recorded from the KSA (Collingwood 1985; Collingwood and Agosti 1996), and the UAE (Collingwood et al. 2011). Ecology and biology. Unknown.