Camponotus aethiops (Latreille 1798)

Xerothermous open habitats, nesting in soil

Centr. & S SLO, mostly in Submediterranean

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

Formica aethiops Latreille, 1798 PDF: 35 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 36 (in key).Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a PDF: 266.Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 97.Subspecies of Camponotus sylvaticus: Forel, 1874 PDF: 38 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448; Forel, 1879a PDF: 64; Mayr, 1880 PDF: 22; Emery, 1881b PDF: 526; André, 1882b PDF: 146; Forel, 1886e PDF: clxvii; Nasonov, 1889: 11.Subspecies of Camponotus rubripes: Forel, 1886h PDF: 143; Emery, 1887a PDF: 212 (footnote); Forel, 1889 PDF: 263.Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1892j PDF: 306; Emery, 1894k PDF: 9; Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 68; Emery, 1896j PDF: 371 (in list); Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 6; Forel, 1904c PDF: 378; Forel, 1904d PDF: 29; Ruzsky, 1905b: 209; Emery, 1905g PDF: 36; Forel, 1906c PDF: 189; Forel, 1907h PDF: 16; Emery, 1908a PDF: 199; Emery, 1908e PDF: 24; Forel, 1909c PDF: 105; Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 487; Forel, 1910a PDF: 23; Forel, 1911f PDF: 359; Krausse, 1912c PDF: 166; Forel, 1914a PDF: 266; Stitz, 1914 PDF: 96; Emery, 1914c PDF: 159; Emery, 1915f PDF: 2; Forel, 1915d: 70 (in key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 224; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 174; Escherich, 1917: 330 (in key); Menozzi, 1918 PDF: 87; Santschi, 1919e PDF: 247; Soudek, 1922b PDF: 92; Finzi, 1923a PDF: 4; Finzi, 1924a PDF: 14; Karavaiev, 1926e PDF: 190; Donisthorpe, 1926b PDF: 17; Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 294; Karavaiev, 1927d: 276 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 36.Status as species: Latreille, 1802a PDF: 101; Jurine, 1807 PDF: 272; Latreille, 1817a: 97; Losana, 1834 PDF: 312; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 212; Schenck, 1852 PDF: 124; Mayr, 1855 PDF: 313 (redescription); Nylander, 1856b PDF: 54; Gredler, 1858 PDF: 4; Smith, 1858a PDF: 9; Duméril, 1860: 929; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 36 (in key); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397; Roger, 1863b PDF: 1; Emery, 1869b PDF: 2; Dours, 1873 PDF: 164; André, 1874b: 177 (in key); Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list); Emery, 1878a PDF: viii (in list); Emery, 1878: 44; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 220; Forel, 1895e PDF: 227; Emery, 1898c PDF: 125; Forel, 1904g PDF: 425; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 72; Emery, 1920b PDF: 255; Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 7, 11 (in key); Santschi, 1921a PDF: 116; Menozzi, 1922c PDF: 331; Müller, 1923b PDF: 154; Emery, 1925d PDF: 97; Schkaff, 1925b PDF: 275; Santschi, 1926f PDF: 288; Donisthorpe, 1927a PDF: 8; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 317; Cori & Finzi, 1931 PDF: 240; Santschi, 1931a: 11; Soudek, 1931 PDF: 19; Santschi, 1932e PDF: 71; Santschi, 1932h PDF: 4; Arnol'di, 1933a: 602 (in key); Finzi, 1933 PDF: 165; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 102; Karavaiev, 1935b PDF: 108; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 56; Menozzi, 1936b PDF: 300; Karavaiev, 1936: 185 (redescription); Stitz, 1939: 248; Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 110 (in key); Röszler, 1942a PDF: 54; Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list); Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1066; Röszler, 1951: 91; Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 43; Ceballos, 1956: 311; Bernard, 1959a PDF: 350; Pisarski, 1961 PDF: 164; Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 7; Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 59; Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 160; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 336 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1967 PDF: 1829; Kutter, 1968b: 60; Baroni Urbani, 1969e PDF: 334; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 82; Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 322; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 181; Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 164; Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 237; Pisarski, 1975: 31; Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 125; Kutter, 1977c: 206; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 551; Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 91 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 284 (in key); Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 128; Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 35; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 217; Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Poldi et al., 1995: 7; Radchenko, 1996e: 1201 (in key); Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 24 (in key); Gallé et al., 1998: 216; Karaman & Karaman, 2003 PDF: 46; Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 227; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 144; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 66; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 109 (in key); Bračko, 2007 PDF: 19; Seifert, 2007: 268; Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 143; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 131; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 153; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 479; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 38; Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 62; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 41; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58; Karaman et al., 2011 PDF: 189; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 67; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 28; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 471; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 27; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 5; Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 53 (in key); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 25 (see note in bibliography); Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 18; Lebas et al., 2016: 146; Radchenko, 2016: 336; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 4; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 43; Seifert, 2018: 265.Senior synonym of Camponotus angustata: Emery, 1908a PDF: 199; Emery, 1925d PDF: 97; Karavaiev, 1936: 185; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 479; Radchenko, 2016: 336.Senior synonym of Camponotus aethiops concavus: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 128; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 93; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 67; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 29; Radchenko, 2016: 336.Senior synonym of Camponotus aethiops glaber: Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 128; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 131; Radchenko, 2016: 337.Senior synonym of Camponotus marginatus hyalinipennis: Emery, 1914d: 2; Emery, 1915a: 250; Emery, 1916a PDF: 224; Emery, 1925d PDF: 97; Karavaiev, 1936: 185; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 181; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Radchenko, 2016: 336.Senior synonym of Camponotus marginatus: Pisarski, 1975: 31; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 479; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58; Radchenko, 2016: 336.Senior synonym of Camponotus nigrata: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 313; Nylander, 1856b PDF: 54; Smith, 1858a PDF: 10; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 77; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 398; Roger, 1863b PDF: 1; Dours, 1873 PDF: 164; André, 1874c: 201 (in list); Forel, 1874 PDF: 96 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 448; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 220; Emery, 1925d PDF: 97; Karavaiev, 1936: 185; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 181; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 38; Radchenko, 2016: 336.Senior synonym of Camponotus sylvaticus sylvaticoaethiops: Pisarski, 1961 PDF: 164; Pisarski, 1975: 31; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 128; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 131; Radchenko, 2016: 336.Senior synonym of Camponotus aethiops sylvaticoides: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 58; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 128; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 84; Radchenko, 1997d: 806; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 131; Radchenko, 2016: 336.

Camponotus marginatus Latreille, 1798 ( Forel 1892 )

Camponotus aethiops concavus Dalla Torre, 1893

Camponotus aethiops sylvaticoides Dalla Torre, 1893

Records

(Map 58): Bulgaria ( Emery 1914 , Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Western Predbalkan: Rachene river valley ( Vassilev 1984 ); Western Stara Planina Mts: Ledenika cave (Vratsa) [ Atanassov 1934 (as Camponotus maculatus aethiops var. concava )], Chepan (Dragoman) ( Borisova et al. 2005 ); Eastern Stara Planina Mts: Sliven [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr.)]; Sofia Basin: Sofia [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus marginatus ), Antonova and Penev 2006 ], the surroundings of Sofia ( Antonova and Penev 2006 ); Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov 1936 , 1952 ); Plana Mt.: Alino vill., Turmachka neighbourhood, Peyova buka hut (Pasarel vill.) ( Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press ); Podbalkan Basin: Rose valley ( Atanassov et al. 1955 ); Ihtimanska Sredna Gora: Benkovski peak [ Atanassov 1934 (as Camponotus maculatus aethiops )]; Lozenska Planina Mt. ( Vassilev and Evtimov 1973 ): German monastery [ Atanassov 1934 (as Camponotus maculatus aethiops var. concava )], north of Pasarel vill. ( Antonova and Penev 2008 ); Thracian Lowland: Pazardzhik [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus marginatus )]; Bakadzhik-Burgas district: Aytos [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus marginatus , Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr. var. concavus Forel and Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr.)]; Strandzha Mt. ( Antonova et al. in press ); Dupnitsa Basin: Dupnitsa [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr.)]; Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: along Strumeshnitsa river, around Marino pole vill. ( Atanassov 1964 ); Ograzhden Mt. ( Atanassov 1964 ); Belasitsa Mt. ( Atanassov 1964 ); Slavianka Mt. ( Atanassov 1936 ); Western Rhodopi Mts [ Atanassov 1934 (as Camponotus maculatus aethiops )]; Western Rhodopi Mts: Asenovgrad [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr. var. sylvaticoides)], Dospat ( Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a) ); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Kokiche vill. (Kardzhali), Byal Izvor vill. (Ardino), Momchilgrad, Madzharovo, Malko Popovo vill. (Madzharovo), Senoklas vill. (Madzharovo), Zhelezino vill. (Ivaylovgrad),Malki Voden vill. (Madzharovo), between Dabovets vill. and Kamilski dol vill. (Ivaylovgrad), between Odrintsi vill. and Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad) ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a ); Southern Black Sea coast: Veselie vill. [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus marginatus and Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr.)], Sozopol [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus maculatus Rasse aethiops Latr.)].

( aethiops a pattes et antennes rougeatres) [[ worker ]] et [[ queen ]]. — Crimee, recolte par M. Jaeger, expert Suisse pour les vignes phylloxerees. Le C. sylvaticus de Mayr (Europ. Formic.) n'est pas le vrai sylvaticus , mais le sylvaticoaethiops .