Camponotus (Myrmosericus) micans (Nylander)

Type location Algeria oases (Formica micans, Nylander, 1856b: 55, worker; Roger, 1859: 229, queen; in Camponotus Mayr, 1861: 36); subspecies armenaicus (Arnold'i, 1967: 1828, illustrated, all forms) from Armenia, and asniensis (Santschi, 1939c: 5, worker) from Morocco.

Nylander's (1856b) description is at - . Arnold'i's (1967) description of armeniacus is at - . Santschi's (1939c) description of asniensis was - workers, TL 6.8-12 mm; larger and more elongated than the type, also with longer golden pubescence which is denser and more sinuous on the borders of the gaster tergites; wholly black, except the tarsi which are brownish.
The type has whitish pubescence; also the metatarsi, and often the tibiae and mandibles, are reddish.

Egypt records - Salloum, 5.viii.1917, male (Santschi, 1938a).

The photomontages are of specimens from Iran; collected at Kerman, by Omid Paknia, May 2004. Other images can be seen in the folder at -