Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Camponotus ligniperdus var. obscuripes Mayr, 1879 PDF: 645 (in text) (s.w.) JAPAN. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a large number”). Primary type locality: Japan: (no further data) (
J. Erber), 1 worker Japan: (no further data) (sent by F. Smith). Primary type depository: NHMW.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Yasumatsu & Brown, 1951 PDF: 38;
Azuma, 1953 PDF: 5;
Azuma, 1955 PDF: 80;
Yasumatsu & Brown, 1957 PDF: 50;
Collingwood, 1962c PDF: 220;
Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1823;
Collingwood, 1976a PDF: 307;
Azuma, 1977a PDF: 116;
Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 200;
Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 171;
Morisita et al., 1991: 41;
Bolton, 1995b: 114;
Radchenko, 1996e: 1202 (in key);
Radchenko, 1997b PDF: 557;
Terayama, 1999b PDF: 29 (in key);
Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 39;
Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 160;
Ran & Zhou, 2011: 69;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 29.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: China,
Japan,
North Korea,
South Korea Europe: Russia Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in deciduous forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ground forager(s), 1 times ground foragers.
Elevations: collected from 30 - 914 meters, 489 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1945-08-23 00:00:00.0 and 2002-08-03 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia