Camponotus fellah

Camponotus fellah
Camponotus fellah workers (a major and a minor) tagged with fiducial markers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Species:
C. fellah
Binomial name
Camponotus fellah
(Dalla Torre, 1893)

Camponotus fellah is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae found across the Middle East and North Africa. This species was formally described by Dalla Torre in 1893. A C. fellah queen holds the record for Israeli ant longevity, surviving for 26 years (1983-2009) in a laboratory environment.[1]

  1. ^ Vonshak, Merav; Shlagman, Alex (2009). "A Camponotus fellah queen sets a record for Israeli ant longevity" (PDF). Israel Journal of Entomology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-04-07.

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