Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica lateralis Olivier, 1792: 497 (q.) FRANCE. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) queen. Primary type locality: France: Provence (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MNHN. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Latreille, 1798 PDF: 39;
Latreille, 1802a PDF: 172;
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 217;
Mayr, 1853c PDF: 103;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 322 (redescription);
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 58;
Gredler, 1858 PDF: 4;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 12, 52;
Roger, 1859 PDF: 231;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 36 (in key);
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 399;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
Emery, 1869b PDF: 2;
Emery, 1870 PDF: 193;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 164;
Forel, 1874 PDF: 40 (in key);
André, 1874b: 177 (in key);
Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list);
Emery, 1878a PDF: viii (in list);
Emery, 1878: 45;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448;
Forel, 1879a PDF: 94;
André, 1881c PDF: 55;
André, 1882b PDF: 150 (in key);
Costa, 1883: 60;
Emery, 1884: 376;
Forel, 1886e PDF: clxvii;
Cresson, 1887 PDF: 255;
Nasonov, 1889: 12;
Forel, 1889 PDF: 256;
Forel, 1890b PDF: lxvi;
Emery, 1891c: 21;
Forel, 1892j PDF: 306;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 237;
Forel, 1894d PDF: 3, 41;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 373 (in list);
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 7;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 251;
Emery, 1908e PDF: 24;
Forel, 1909c PDF: 106;
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 487;
Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 12;
Forel, 1911f PDF: 354;
Krausse, 1911a PDF: 18;
Krausse, 1912c PDF: 166;
Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 20;
Emery, 1914c PDF: 159;
Forel, 1915d: 71 (in key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 226;
Stitz, 1917 PDF: 350;
Escherich, 1917: 330 (in key);
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 78;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 247;
Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 32;
Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 331;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 90;
Müller, 1923a PDF: 73;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 163;
Finzi, 1923a PDF: 4;
Lomnicki, 1925b PDF: 3;
Emery, 1925e PDF: 68;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 120;
Santschi, 1925g PDF: 359;
Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 5;
Donisthorpe, 1926b PDF: 18;
Karavaiev, 1926e PDF: 193;
Menozzi, 1926b PDF: 182;
Santschi, 1926f PDF: 288;
Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 295;
Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 117;
Finzi, 1927b PDF: 52 (in key);
Santschi, 1929e PDF: 163;
Finzi, 1930c PDF: 24;
Finzi, 1930d PDF: 318;
Cori & Finzi, 1931 PDF: 240;
Santschi, 1931a: 12;
Gösswald, 1932 PDF: 25;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 4;
Finzi, 1933 PDF: 165;
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 102;
Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 59;
Stitz, 1939: 254;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 109 (in key);
Bernard, 1945b PDF: 137;
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1067;
Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 43;
Ceballos, 1956: 312;
Bernard, 1956b PDF: 260;
Bernard, 1959a PDF: 351;
Pisarski, 1961 PDF: 170;
Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 57;
Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 162;
Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 92;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 344 (redescription);
Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 486;
Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 146;
Kutter, 1968b PDF: 60;
Baroni Urbani, 1969e PDF: 334;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 84;
Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 37;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 191;
Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 164;
Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 238;
Pisarski, 1975: 32;
Kutter, 1977c: 207;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 91 (in key);
Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 438;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 283 (in key);
Kugler, 1988 PDF: 259;
Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 136;
Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 35;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 225;
Cagniant & Espadaler, 1993a PDF: 436 (in key);
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 86;
Bolton, 1995b: 107;
Poldi et al., 1995: 7;
Radchenko, 1996e: 1197 (in key);
Cagniant, 1996b: 92;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27;
Radchenko, 1997c: 706;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 24 (in key);
Gallé et al., 1998: 216;
Karaman & Karaman, 2003 PDF: 47;
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 145;
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 194;
Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 66;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 108 (in key);
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 19;
Seifert, 2007: 268;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 156;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 131;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 479;
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 39;
Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 81;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 44;
Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58;
Karaman et al., 2011 PDF: 189;
Karaman, 2011b PDF: 70;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 31;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 477;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 7;
Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 51 (in key);
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 35 (see note in bibliography);
Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 18;
Lebas et al., 2016: 138;
Radchenko, 2016: 333;
Steiner et al., 2017: 7;
Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 5;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 43;
Seifert, 2018: 262;
Bračko, 2019 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF: 169;
Seifert, 2019b 10.25674/so-91-1-02 PDF: 17;
Arcos et al., 2022 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF: 10;
Borowiec & Salata, 2022 PDF: 94.
Senior synonym of
Camponotus axillaris:
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 322;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 58;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 12;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 399;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
André, 1874c: 201 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 97 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 237;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 373;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 120;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 192;
Bolton, 1995b: 107;
Radchenko, 2016: 333;
Seifert, 2019b 10.25674/so-91-1-02 PDF: 17.
Senior synonym of
Camponotus bicolor (Latreille, 1798):
Mayr, 1853c PDF: 102;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 322;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 58;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 12;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 399;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
André, 1874c: 201 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 96 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 237;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 373;
Forel, 1915d: 71 (in key);
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 90;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 120;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 192;
Bolton, 1995b: 107;
Radchenko, 2016: 333.
Senior synonym of
Camponotus melanogastes:
Mayr, 1853c PDF: 102;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 322;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 58;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 12;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 399;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
André, 1874c: 201 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 96 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 237;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 373;
Forel, 1915d: 71 (in key);
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 90;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 120;
Pisarski, 1975: 32;
Bolton, 1995b: 107;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 479;
Radchenko, 2016: 333;
Seifert, 2019b 10.25674/so-91-1-02 PDF: 17.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Algeria,
Morocco Asia: Armenia,
Cyprus,
Georgia,
Iran,
Israel,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan Europe: Albania,
Andorra,
Balearic Islands,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
France,
Germany,
Gibraltar,
Greece,
Hungary,
Italy,
Macedonia,
Malta,
Monaco,
Montenegro,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Ukraine Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Submediterranean SLO
Biology:
Xerothermous habitats, nests in wood
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in Pinus halepensis+pistacea lentiscus, 5 times found in Ruderal, 3 times found in Encinar, 4 times found in oak forest, 4 times found in pine forest, 4 times found in deciduous forest, 2 times found in Prado altamontaña, 2 times found in Mediterranean forest (Pinus, Castanea sativa, etc.), 1 times found in mesic scrub oak, 2 times found in seashore with frygana and Pinus trees, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 17 times on shrubs, 11 times under stone, 8 times Foraging, 4 times nbp, 4 times on Ficus tree, 2 times Nido bajo piedra, 3 times on herbs, 3 times Forrajeando, 1 times under loose bark dead wood, 1 times Nido en rama de arbusto, 2 times Nest under stone, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 32 times Hand, 14 times search, 2 times sweep, 2 times Wine Trap.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 1400 meters, 379 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1946-11-14 00:00:00.0 and 2022-07-17 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Camponotus lateralis purius: casent0911698, casent0911699; syntype of Camponotus kosswigi: casent0903594, casent0903595; syntype of Camponotus lateralis balearis: casent0912190, casent0912191
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia