Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Formica micans Nylander, 1856b PDF: 55 (w.) ALGERIA. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Algeria: (no further data) (
L. Fairmaire). Primary type depository: unknown. Type notes: Not recorded in Nylander collection (ZMHF) by
Radchenko, 2007 PDF.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Camponotus rufoglaucus:
Forel, 1892k PDF: 237;
Emery, 1893m PDF: 243, 250 (footnote);
Emery, 1893e PDF: 87 (footnote);
Forel, 1894d PDF: 3;
Emery, 1895i PDF: 49 (in key);
Forel, 1895e PDF: 227;
Emery, 1896j PDF: 372 (in list);
Forel, 1902a PDF: 158;
Forel, 1904d PDF: 12;
Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 21;
Emery, 1914c PDF: 159;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 225;
Stitz, 1917 PDF: 350;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 247;
Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 32;
Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 331;
Emery, 1924a PDF: 9;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 106;
Donisthorpe, 1927a PDF: 9;
Kutter, 1928: 66;
Menozzi, 1934: 165;
Finzi, 1940 PDF: 164;
Ceballos, 1956: 313;
Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 91;
Cagniant, 1966b PDF: 281.
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 30;
Roger, 1859 PDF: 228;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 36 (in key);
Roger, 1861b PDF: 163;
Mayr, 1862 PDF: 663;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 400;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 1;
Emery, 1870 PDF: 193;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 164;
André, 1874b: 177 (in key);
Emery, 1878a PDF: viii (in list);
Emery, 1878: 44;
Mayr, 1879 PDF: 647;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 447;
Forel, 1879a PDF: 77;
Saunders, 1890 PDF: 202;
André, 1882b PDF: 147 (in key);
Emery, 1884: 376;
Forel, 1885b PDF: 176;
Forel, 1886d PDF: 239;
Emery, 1889: 513;
Forel, 1890b PDF: lxvii;
Emery, 1891c: 21;
Emery, 1892: 120;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 242;
Medina, 1893 PDF: 104;
Forel, 1909c PDF: 106;
Santschi, 1925g PDF: 359;
Santschi, 1931a: 11;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 71;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 4;
Santschi, 1936c PDF: 208;
Santschi, 1938a PDF: 43;
Santschi, 1939c PDF: 5;
Menozzi, 1940a PDF: 271;
Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 62;
Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 161;
Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1828;
Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 146;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 82;
Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 34;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 189;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 91 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b: 111;
Mei, 1995 PDF: 767;
Poldi et al., 1995: 7;
Cagniant, 1996b: 94;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 25 (in key);
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 194;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 37 (see note in bibliography);
Lebas et al., 2016: 144;
Arcos et al., 2022 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF: 10.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Algeria,
Morocco Europe: Italy,
Monaco,
Portugal,
Spain Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
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Camponotus micans |
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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 663, (download) |
663 |
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Camponotus micans |
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Forel, A., 1890, Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Comptes-rendus des Seances 34, pp. 61-76: 67, (download) |
67 |
3926
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Camponotus micans |
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Emery, C., 1884, Materiali per lo studio della fauna Tunisina raccolti da G. e L. Doria. III. Rassegna delle formiche della Tunisia., Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 21, pp. 373-386: 376, (download) |
376 |
3743
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Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in Pinus halepensis+pistacea lentiscus, 2 times found in Abandoned cultives, 1 times found in mountains, 1 times found in near river, 1 times found in Plantación palmeras, 1 times found in Secarral cerca cultivos, 1 times found in stony meadow with shrubs.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times nido abierto, 3 times Foraging, 1 times low vegetation, 1 times Bajo piedra.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 11 times Hand, 1 times search.
Elevations: collected from 14 - 1390 meters, 229 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1991-05-18 00:00:00.0 and 2017-05-14 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Camponotus micans: casent0913709
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