| Camponotus fellah | |
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| Camponotus fellah workers (a major and a minor) tagged with fiducial markers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. fellah
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| Binomial name | |
| Camponotus fellah (Dalla Torre, 1893)
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Camponotus fellah is a species of carpenter ant 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]
- ^ 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.