Species: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) barbaricus

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

Camponotus maculatus subsp. barbaricus Emery, 1905g PDF: 31 (s.w.) GIBRALTAR, SPAIN. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Gibraltar: (no collector’s name), Spain: Seville (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as barbarus by Santschi, 1921d PDF: 72.]

Emery, 1908a PDF: 197 (q.); Baroni Urbani, 1976b PDF: 217 (m.); Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249 (l.); Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 483 (l.)

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Santschi, 1923f PDF: 335.

Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 100.

Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1905e PDF: 177; Forel, 1907d PDF: 31; Forel, 1907h PDF: 16; Emery, 1908a PDF: 197; Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 21; Emery, 1916a PDF: 224; Stitz, 1917 PDF: 352.

Subspecies of Camponotus sylvaticus: Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 7; Menozzi, 1922b PDF: 355; Santschi, 1921d PDF: 72; Santschi, 1923f PDF: 335; Emery, 1924a PDF: 8; Emery, 1925d PDF: 100; Finzi, 1930b PDF: 16; Santschi, 1931a: 11; Santschi, 1936c PDF: 207; Santschi, 1939c PDF: 4; Menozzi, 1940a PDF: 270; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 163; Bernard, 1945b PDF: 136; Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249; Ceballos, 1956: 314; Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 109; Cagniant, 1966b PDF: 280.

Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 61; Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 482; Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 145; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 83; Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 30; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 183; Baroni Urbani, 1976b PDF: 216; Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 91 (in key); Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 437; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 284 (in key); De Haro & Collingwood, 1994 PDF: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 88; Mei, 1995 PDF: 767; Poldi et al., 1995: 7; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 24 (in key); Petrov, 2006 PDF: 109 (in key); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 27 (see note in bibliography); Lebas et al., 2016: 152; Arcos et al., 2022 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF: 10.

Senior synonym of Camponotus barbaricus baeticus: Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 88.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
    Europe: Gibraltar, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Palearctic

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in Pinus halepensis+pistacea lentiscus, 3 times found in Bushes, 1 times found in Bosque de pinos, 1 times found in garden in city, 1 times found in Lawn&Palm trees, 1 times found in Pinus halepensis, 1 times found in Pueblo, 1 times found in Garden.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times forrajeando, 4 times Foraging, 1 times Vuelo nupcial, 1 times Nest under stone, 1 times foraging on wall, 1 times Ahogadas Fuente.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 13 times Hand, 1 times search.

Elevations: collected from 5 - 210 meters, 40 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1893-12-31 00:00:00.0 and 2017-09-08 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Camponotus barbaricus: casent0905296, casent0905297; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus barbaricus baeticus: casent0905298, casent0905299; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus barbaricus inversa: casent0910276, casent0910277; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus pilicornis sicula: casent0905300, casent0905301; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus sylvaticus barbaricus gaetulus: casent0912049, casent0912050; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus sylvaticus barbaricus kairouana: casent0912051, casent0912052; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus sylvaticus barbaricus tunetica: casent0912053, casent0912054; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus sylvaticus barbarus algirica: casent0912047, casent0912048

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Species: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) barbaricus Emery, 1905

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