Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878

Salata, Sebastian, Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos & Borowiec, Lech, 2023, Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cyprus: generic synopsis and description of a new species, Asian Myrmecology (e 016007) 16, pp. 1-33 : 17

Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878

Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878: 44 , fig. (s.,w.): Camponotus gestroi n. sp., gestroi Em., Sardegna, Oristano (MSNG) (leg. R. Gestrò) [type images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905794, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman available on https://www.AntWeb.org]; Camponotus gestroi ., Sargegna 1873, Gagliari (MSNG) (leg. R. Gestrò) [syntype images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905391, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman available on https://www. AntWeb.org].

Diagnosis. Borowiec & Salata (2022): 86.

Distribution in Cyprus

4w., 2m.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Extreme View Cafe loc. 1, 251 m, 34.789525 / 32.693906, 19 IV 2022 ( MNHW) ; 14w.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Rocks of Chasampoulion loc. 1a, 269 m, 34.796595 / 32.702353, 19 IV 2022 ( MNHW) ; 14w.: Paphos, Evretou Dam , 172 m, 34.961659 / 32.477493, 21 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) ; 3w.: Paphos, Paphos Forest loc. 1 ad Pachiamos , 126 m, 35.16617 / 32.591576, 23 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) ; 7w.: Paphos, road F612 ad Ag. Konstantinos loc. 2, 397 m, 34.743291 / 32.671972, 28 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) ; 4w.: Paphos, ad Kalepia , 414 m, 34.837284 / 32.503188, 29 IV 2022 ( MNHW) ; 5w.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Mamonia-Kidasi, Rocks of Chasampoulion loc. 1a, 272 m, 34.7966 / 32.7024, 19 IV 2022, J. Demetriou ( JDPC) ; 7w.: Paphos, Lasa , 600 m, 34.9269 / 32.5321, 31 III 2022, J. Demetriou ( JDPC) .

Ecology

Camponotus gestroi has been collected from pine forests and open habitats (xerothermic meadow, dam lake) on Mediterranean bushes.