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Notes: Camponotus martensi Cardiocondyla batesi Cataglyphis aurata Cataglyphis bombycina Cataglyphis rubra Messor aegyptiacus Messor arenarius Monomorium viator Oxyopomyrmex laticeps Pheidole megacephala Plagiolepis schmitzi Tetramorium semilaeve

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