Camponotus nylanderi

Camponotus nylanderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. nylanderi
Binomial name
Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Formica pallens Nylander, 1849

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 44.9° to 36.9°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France, Italy (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.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a host for the aphelinid wasp Aphytis melinus (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).
• This species is a host for the encyrtid wasp Leptomastix dactylopii (a parasite) (Universal Chalcidoidea Database) (associate).

Nomenclature

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

• pallens. Formica pallens Nylander, 1849: 36 (w.) ITALY (Sicily).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: Radchenko, 2007: 38, cites 2w syntypes ZMHF.]
  • Type-locality: Italy: Sicily I., Messina (C. Zeller).
  • Type-depository: ZMHF.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Formica pallens Le Guillou, 1842: 316 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
  • Forel, 1886f: 149 (s.); Emery, 1908a: 201 (q.).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 1;
  • combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Emery, 1920b: 255.
  • Junior synonym of aethiops: Mayr, 1855: 313.
  • Junior synonym of marginata: Mayr, 1861: 36 (in key).
  • Junior synonym of sylvaticus: Mayr, 1863: 401; Roger, 1863b: 1; Mayr, 1865: 27; André, 1874: 201 (in list); Forel, 1874: 96 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 448; Nasonov, 1889: 11.
  • Subspecies of rubripes: Forel, 1886f: 143, 149.
  • Subspecies of sylvaticus: Emery, 1887a: 212 (footnote).
  • Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 241 (footnote), 247; Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Emery, 1908a: 201; Emery, 1908d: 24; Emery, 1914d: 159; Emery, 1916b: 225.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 12; Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); Dalla Torre, 1893: 246; Emery, 1920b: 255; Emery, 1920c: 7, 12 (in key); Menozzi, 1921: 32.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921a: 25.
• nylanderi. Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921a: 25.
  • Replacement name for Formica pallens Nylander, 1849: 36. [Junior primary homonym of Formica pallens Le Guillou, 1842: 316.]
  • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 91.
  • Subspecies of atlantis: Emery, 1925b: 91; Donisthorpe, 1927a: 9; Grandi, 1935: 102.
  • Subspecies of alii: Santschi, 1939d: 86 (in key).
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1931a: 11; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 59; Baroni Urbani, 1964c: 161; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 185; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 114; Poldi, et al. 1995: 7; Petrov, 2006: 110 (in key); Radchenko, 2007: 38; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 451; Borowiec, L. 2014: 38; Lebas, et al. 2016: 150.
  • Distribution: Italy (Sicily), United Arab Emirates.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1964b. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. II. Formiche di Sicilia. Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. (6) 16: 25-66 (page 59, Revived status as species)
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 50: 5-287 (page 185, Revived status as species)
• 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., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R., van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474.
• Emery, C. 1921a. Specific names repeated in the Linnean genus Formica. Psyche (Camb.) 28: 24-26 (page 25, Replacement name for Formica pallens)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 91, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex), and subspecies of atlantis)
• Nylander, W. 1849 [1848]. Additamentum alterum adnotationum in monographiam formicarum borealium. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 3: 25-48 (page 36, [Junior primary homonym of Formica pallens Le Guillou, 1842: 316.] )
• Santschi, F. 1931a. Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quod a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Håkan Lindberg. Fourmis du Bassin Méditerranéen occidental et du Maroc récoltées par MM. Lindberg. Comment. Biol. 3(1 14: 1-13 (page 11, Revived status as species)
• Santschi, F. 1939d. Notes sur des Camponotus et autres fourmis de l'Afrique Mineure. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 19: 66-87 (page 86, Subspecies of alii)
• Schär, S., Menchetti, M., Schifani, E., Hinojosa, J.C., Platania, L., Dapporto, L., Vila, R. 2020. Integrative biodiversity inventory of ants from a Sicilian archipelago reveals high diversity on young volcanic islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Organisms Diversity, Evolution 20, 405–416 (doi:10.1007/s13127-020-00442-3).
• Schifani, E. (2022). The new checklist of the Italian fauna: Formicidae. Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 37, ucl006 (doi:10.21426/b637155803).
• Schifani, E., Csősz, S., Viviano, R., Alicata, A. 2021. Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands: on the presence or absence of 28 species in Sicily (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Natural History Sciences 8, 55–70 (doi:10.4081/nhs.2021.532).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Baroni Urbani, C.. "Formiche dell'Italia appenninica (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia, III)." Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 12 (1964): 149-172.
• Baroni Urbani, C.. "Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. II. Formiche di Sicilia." Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania (6) 16 (1964): 25-66.
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2015. Pheidole symbioticaWasmann, 1909, an enigmatic supposed social parasite, is a nematodeinfested form of Pheidole pallidula(Nylander, 1849) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 62(2): 181-186.
• Poldi B., M. Mei, and F. Rigato. 1995. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Vol 102. Checklist delle specie della fauna Italiana: 1-10.
• Radchenko A. G. 2007. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of William Nylander. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 50: 27-41.