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Species: Camponotus herculeanus

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Camponotus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

2 subspecies

Formica herculeana Linnaeus, 1758 PDF: 579 (q.) EUROPE. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 209 (w.q.m.); Mayr, 1855 PDF: 308 (w.q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e PDF: 185 (l.).

Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 36; in Camponotus (Camponotus): Forel, 1914a PDF: 259.

Senior synonym of Camponotus atra, Camponotus intermedia: Nylander, 1846a PDF: 894; of Camponotus castanea: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 399; of Camponotus whymperi: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 367; of Camponotus nadigi: Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951: 30; of Camponotus montanus, Camponotus shitkowi: Emery, 1925d PDF: 72; Karavaiev, 1936: 178; Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1819; of Camponotus caucasicus: Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 85; of Camponotus eudokiae: Radchenko, 1997B PDF: 555.

See also: Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 148; Kutter, 1977c: 204; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 90; Smith, 1979: 1426; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 210.

Distribution:

Mostly Alpine SLO, above 1000 m alt.

Biology:

Forests & alpine grasslands

Notes:

no records during last 50 years

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Forel, A., 1904:
Caucase septentrional, district Maikop, mont Bambak, 2 [[ queen ]], 30. VIII. 1894 (S. Prichodko!); Transcaucasie, Gouv. Kutais, Artvin, 1 [[ queen ]], 23. VI. 1888 (Derjugin!); Turkestan, Ferghana, fl. Kugart, 7000 ' h., 2 [[ queen ]], 5. VIII. 1895
(KoRZINSKIj!).
Siberie de sudouest, Semireeje, Przevalsk, 1 [[ worker ]] (Kucenko!).

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in oak pine forest, 3 times found in small pine stand in grassland, 2 times found in alpine meadow/forest/talus edge, 4 times found in clearcut in conifer forest, 1 times found in second growth broadleaf forest and river edge, 1 times found in edge secondgrowth mixed woodland, 1 times found in urban sidewalk, 2 times found in grass/Rubus/conifer 2nd growth veg., 1 times found in clearcut*conifer forest, 1 times found in old growth conifer forest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 28 times search, 1 times By hand during excavation of nest, 1 times mixed, 1 times Winkler

Elevations: collected from 30 - 1780 meters, 421 meters average