Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica bicornis Foerster, 1850a: 41 (q.) GERMANY. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Germany: vic. Aachen (
A. Foerster). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: According to
Horn & Kahle, 1935: 78, Foerster’s formicid types are in MNHU;
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 185, says there is no type material in MNHU or NHMW;
Seifert & Schultz, 2009b PDF: 271, state that “According to our own search in German collections type material of Förster is completely destroyed”.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Lasius umbratus:
Forel, 1874 PDF: 47;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 453;
Mayr, 1886d PDF: 430;
Forel, 1886h PDF: 208;
Emery, 1893m PDF: 191 (footnote);
Forel, 1904c PDF: 387;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 290;
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 485;
Stitz, 1914 PDF: 87;
Escherich, 1917: 333 (in key);
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 73;
Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 301.
Status as species:
Schenck, 1852 PDF: 128;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 369 (footnote);
Smith, 1858a PDF: 8;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 425;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 12;
Emery, 1869b PDF: 9;
André, 1882c PDF: 196 (in key);
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 182;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 15;
Wasmann, 1906 PDF: 114 (in key);
Bondroit, 1912 PDF: 352;
Ruzsky, 1914a PDF: 61;
Forel, 1915d: 52 (in key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 242;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 34;
Bondroit, 1920a PDF: 144;
Emery, 1922b PDF: 13;
Kulmatycki, 1922 PDF: 79;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 232;
Karavaiev, 1926e PDF: 195;
Vandel, 1926 PDF: 197;
Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 122 (in key);
Karavaiev, 1927d: 279 (in key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 37;
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 103;
Stärcke, 1937 PDF: 55;
Stitz, 1939: 302;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 103 (in key);
Stärcke, 1944b PDF: 153;
Ruzsky, 1946 PDF: 70;
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1064;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 421;
Wilson, 1955a PDF: 183 (redescription);
Collingwood, 1963b PDF: 157 (in key);
Samšiňák, 1964 PDF: 157;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 365 (redescription);
Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 146;
Kutter, 1968b PDF: 61;
Kutter, 1968c: 206;
Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 38;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 211;
Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 166;
Pisarski, 1975: 37;
Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 149;
Kutter, 1977c PDF: 231;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 555 (in key);
Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 105;
Collingwood, 1982 PDF: 293;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 282 (in key);
Seifert, 1988a PDF: 161 (redescription);
Seifert, 1990 PDF: 10;
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 434;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 251;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 118;
Bolton, 1995b: 221;
Douwes, 1995: 94;
Poldi et al., 1995: 8;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28;
Gallé et al., 1998: 217;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 116;
Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 231;
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 148;
Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 68;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 107 (in key);
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 20;
Seifert, 2007: 286;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 142;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 135;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 483;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 36;
Boer, 2010: 38;
Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 26;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 498;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 285;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 12;
Bharti & Gul, 2013a PDF: 56 (in key);
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 84;
Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 27;
Lebas et al., 2016: 206;
Radchenko, 2016: 378;
Steiner et al., 2017: 10;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 45;
Seifert, 2018: 290;
Werner et al., 2018 PDF: 6;
Borowiec & Salata, 2022 PDF: 215.
Senior synonym of
Lasius incisus:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 8;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 12;
Forel, 1874 PDF: 97 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 453 (footnote);
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 182;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 290;
Forel, 1915d: 52 (in key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 242;
Emery, 1922b PDF: 13;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 73;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 232;
Stärcke, 1937 PDF: 55;
Seifert, 1988a PDF: 161;
Seifert, 1990 PDF: 10;
Bolton, 1995b: 222;
Radchenko, 2016: 378.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Armenia,
Georgia,
India,
Turkey Europe: Austria,
Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
Italy,
Netherlands,
Norway,
Poland,
Romania,
Russia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Indomalaya,
Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
1 locality in SE SLO
Biology:
Forest steppe, dry and warm forests. Nests in/under stumps and fallen logs.
Notes:
very rare (Dutch vernacular name: langschubmier)
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
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Lasius bicornis |
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Forel, A., 1886, Études myrmécologiques en 1886., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 30, pp. 131-215: 78, (download) |
78 |
3923
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Lasius bicornis |
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Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174: 105, (download) |
105 |
6175
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Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in Unknown, 1 times found in Forest.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times Hand, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times Manual catch, 1 times UV light trap.
Collect Date Range: collected between 1875-07-01 00:00:00.0 and 2009-06-13 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Holotype of Acanthomyops bicornis kashmirensis: casent0903211; syntype of Lasius bicornis oertzenii: casent0911052; syntype of Lasius bicornis neapolitana: casent0905680
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