Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Formica aethiops Latreille, 1798 PDF: 35 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: France: Brive (
Latreille). Primary type depository: MNHN (perhaps MRSN).
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Camponotus maculatus:
Forel, 1892j PDF: 306;
Emery, 1894k PDF: 9;
Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 68;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 371 (in list);
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 6;
Forel, 1904c PDF: 378;
Forel, 1904d PDF: 29;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 209;
Emery, 1905g PDF: 36;
Forel, 1906c PDF: 189;
Forel, 1907h PDF: 16;
Emery, 1908a PDF: 199;
Emery, 1908e PDF: 24;
Forel, 1909c PDF: 105;
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 487;
Forel, 1910a PDF: 23;
Forel, 1911f PDF: 359;
Krausse, 1912c PDF: 166;
Forel, 1914a PDF: 266;
Stitz, 1914 PDF: 96;
Emery, 1914c PDF: 159;
Emery, 1915f PDF: 2;
Forel, 1915d: 70 (in key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 224;
Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 174;
Escherich, 1917: 330 (in key);
Menozzi, 1918 PDF: 87;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 247;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 92;
Finzi, 1923a PDF: 4;
Finzi, 1924a PDF: 14;
Karavaiev, 1926e PDF: 190;
Donisthorpe, 1926b PDF: 17;
Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 294;
Karavaiev, 1927d: 276 (in key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 36.
Status as species:
Latreille, 1802a PDF: 101;
Jurine, 1807 PDF: 272;
Latreille, 1817a: 97;
Losana, 1834 PDF: 312;
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 212;
Schenck, 1852 PDF: 124;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 313 (redescription);
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 54;
Gredler, 1858 PDF: 4;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 9;
Duméril, 1860: 929;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 36 (in key);
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
Emery, 1869b PDF: 2;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 164;
André, 1874b: 177 (in key);
Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list);
Emery, 1878a PDF: viii (in list);
Emery, 1878: 44;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 220;
Forel, 1895e PDF: 227;
Emery, 1898c PDF: 125;
Forel, 1904g PDF: 425;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 72;
Emery, 1920b PDF: 255;
Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 7, 11 (in key);
Santschi, 1921a PDF: 116;
Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 331;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 154;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 97;
Schkaff, 1925b PDF: 275;
Santschi, 1926f PDF: 288;
Donisthorpe, 1927a PDF: 8;
Finzi, 1930d PDF: 317;
Cori & Finzi, 1931 PDF: 240;
Santschi, 1931a: 11;
Soudek, 1931 PDF: 19;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 71;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 4;
Arnol'di, 1933a: 602 (in key);
Finzi, 1933 PDF: 165;
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 102;
Karavaiev, 1935b PDF: 108;
Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 56;
Menozzi, 1936b PDF: 300;
Karavaiev, 1936: 185 (redescription);
Stitz, 1939: 248;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 110 (in key);
Röszler, 1942a PDF: 54;
Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list);
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1066;
Röszler, 1951 PDF: 91;
Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 43;
Ceballos, 1956: 311;
Bernard, 1959a PDF: 350;
Pisarski, 1961 PDF: 164;
Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 7;
Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 59;
Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 160;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 336 (redescription);
Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1829;
Kutter, 1968b PDF: 60;
Baroni Urbani, 1969e PDF: 334;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 82;
Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 322;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 181;
Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 164;
Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 237;
Pisarski, 1975: 31;
Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 125;
Kutter, 1977c: 206;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 551;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 91 (in key);
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 284 (in key);
Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 128;
Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 35;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 217;
Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 83;
Bolton, 1995b: 84;
Poldi et al., 1995: 7;
Radchenko, 1996e: 1201 (in key);
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27;
Radchenko, 1997d: 806;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 24 (in key);
Gallé et al., 1998: 216;
Karaman & Karaman, 2003 PDF: 46;
Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 227;
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 144;
Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 66;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 109 (in key);
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 19;
Seifert, 2007: 268;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 143;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 131;
Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 153;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 479;
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 38;
Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 62;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 41;
Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58;
Karaman et al., 2011 PDF: 189;
Karaman, 2011b PDF: 67;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 28;
Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 471;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 27;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 5;
Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 53 (in key);
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 25 (see note in bibliography);
Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 18;
Lebas et al., 2016: 146;
Radchenko, 2016: 336;
Steiner et al., 2017: 7;
Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 4;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 43;
Seifert, 2018: 265;
Werner et al., 2018 PDF: 6;
Bračko, 2019 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF: 169;
Arcos et al., 2022 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF: 10;
Borowiec & Salata, 2022 PDF: 111 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Camponotus nigrata:
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 313;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 54;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 10;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 77;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 398;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 164;
André, 1874c: 201 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 96 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 220;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 97;
Karavaiev, 1936: 185;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 181;
Bolton, 1995b: 84;
Radchenko, 1997d: 806;
Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 38;
Radchenko, 2016: 336.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Armenia,
China,
Georgia,
Iran,
Israel,
Saudi Arabia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan Europe: Albania,
Andorra,
Austria,
Balearic Islands,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
France,
Germany,
Gibraltar,
Greece,
Hungary,
Italy,
Macedonia,
Malta,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Ukraine Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Centr. & S SLO, mostly in Submediterranean
Biology:
Xerothermous open habitats, nesting in soil
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in pine forest, 6 times found in deciduous forest, 4 times found in coniferous forest, 3 times found in Ruderal, 3 times found in Bosque pinos/eucaliptos, 3 times found in Disturbed Mediterranean Forest, 1 times found in Parque, 2 times found in mountain deciduous forest, 1 times found in Parque urbano descuidado, 1 times found in Acer & Olive trees, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 34 times under stone, 5 times nbp, 5 times Foraging, 4 times Bajo piedra, 2 times Nido, 3 times Nest under stone, 1 times Forrajeando, 1 times Camino, 2 times on walnut tree, 1 times on flowers, 2 times ground (-5-0 cm), ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 28 times Hand, 21 times search, 4 times Pitfall, 2 times by hand, 1 times Net.
Elevations: collected from 6 - 1440 meters, 537 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1949-04-03 00:00:00.0 and 2022-07-12 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus aethiops sylvaticoides: casent0910190, casent0910191; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus rubripes aethiops concavus: casent0905345, casent0910188, casent0910189
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