Bothriomyrmex laticeps

Bothriomyrmex laticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Bothriomyrmex
Species:	B. laticeps
Binomial name
Bothriomyrmex laticeps Emery, 1925

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 43.381389° to 42.566667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• laticeps. Bothriomyrmex corsicus subsp. laticeps Emery, 1925e: 14, fig. A9 (w.) FRANCE or SPAIN.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: France or Spain: Pyrenees, “without any other indication of locality” (Pandellé).
  • Type-depository: unknown.
  • [Note: Emery, 1925e: 14, says the syntypes are in MNHN (one with head missing), but Seifert, 2012b: 103, could not find them there, nor in MSNG.]
  • Santschi, 1927b: 127 (q.m.).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1927b: 127.
  • Junior synonym of corsicus: Bernard, 1967: 266.
  • Status as species: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 76; Shattuck, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 478; Borowiec, L. 2014: 23.
  • Incertae sedis in Bothriomyrmex: Seifert, 2012b: 103.
  • Distribution: France, Spain.

References

• Bernard, F. 1967a [1968]. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale. Paris: Masson, 411 pp. (page 266, junior synonym of corsicus)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 81, catalogue)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood, C. A.; Yarrow, I. H. H. 1969. A survey of Iberian Formicidae (Hymenoptera). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 44: 53-101 (page 76, revived from synonymy and raised to species)
• Emery, C. 1925c. Les espèces européennes et orientales du genre Bothriomyrmex. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 5-22 (page 14, fig. A9 worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1927c. Notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1927: 126-128 (page 127, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• AntArea. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://antarea.fr/fourmi/
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Casevitz-Weulersse J., and C. Galkowski. 2009. Liste actualisee des Fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 114: 475-510.
• Emery, C. "Les espèces européennes et orientales du genre Bothriomyrmex." Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56 (1925): 5-22.
• Santschi F. 1927. Notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1927: 126-128.