Camponotus aethiops

Species widespread in southern Europe and Turkey, especially in Mediterranean habitats (Rigato & Toni, 2011).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  aethiops. Formica aethiops Latreille, 1798: 35 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1861: 36; in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 266; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 97. Subspecies of sylvaticus: Forel, 1874: 38 (in key); Nasonov, 1889: 11; of rubripes: Forel, 1886f: 143; of maculatus: Forel, 1892i: 306; Ruzsky, 1902d: 6; Emery, 1908a: 199; Forel, 1915d: 70; Finzi, 1924a: 14; Menozzi, 1918: 87; Karavaiev, 1927c: 276; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 36. Revived status as species: Emery, 1898c: 125; Bondroit, 1918: 72; Emery, 1920b: 255; Emery, 1920c: 7; Santschi, 1921a: 116; Menozzi, 1922b: 331; Finzi, 1930d: 317; Santschi, 1931a: 11; Menozzi, 1936d: 300; Karavaiev, 1936: 185; Stitz, 1939: 248; Novak & Sadil, 1941: 110; Bernard, 1967: 336; Kutter, 1977c: 206; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 551; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 217. Senior synonym of nigrata: Mayr, 1855: 313; Radchenko, 2007: 38; of angustata: Emery, 1908a: 199; of hyalinipennis: Emery, 1914e: 2; Emery, 1915a: 250; of marginata (and its junior synonym sylvaticoaethiops): Pisarski, 1975: 31; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58; of concava, sylvaticoides: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58; of glaber: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 128. Current subspecies: nominal plus cachmiriensis, escherichi.
 * angustata. Formica angustata Latreille, 1798: 34 (w.m.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of aethiops: Emery, 1908a: 199.
 * marginata. Formica marginata Latreille, 1798: 35 (w.q.) FRANCE. Nylander, 1856b: 54 (m.). Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1861: 36; in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1915d: 70; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 97. Junior synonym of sylvaticus: Mayr, 1865: 27. Revived from synonymy: André, 1874: 176; Forel, 1874: 40; Ruzsky, 1895: 9; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 184. Subspecies of aethiops: Bondroit, 1918: 73; Menozzi, 1925d: 35; Finzi, 1928c: 791; Stitz, 1939: 251. Senior synonym of sylvaticoaethiops: Forel, 1915d: 70. Junior synonym of fallax: Bernard, 1967: 342; of aethiops: Pisarski, 1975: 31; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58.
 * nigrata. Formica nigrata Nylander, 1849: 35 (w.q.m.) ITALY (Sicily). Junior synonym of aethiops: Mayr, 1855: 313; Radchenko, 2007: 38.
 * sylvaticoaethiops. Camponotus sylvaticus var. sylvaticoaethiops Forel, 1874: 39 (w.q.m.) SWITZERLAND. Subspecies of aethiops: Dalla Torre, 1893: 221. Junior synonym of marginata: Forel, 1915d: 70.
 * hyalinipennis. Camponotus marginatus var. hyalinipennis Costa, 1884: 56 (q.) ITALY (Sardinia). Junior synonym of aethiops: Emery, 1914e: 2; Emery, 1915a: 250.
 * concava. Camponotus aethiops var. concava Dalla Torre, 1893: 221 (s.w.) GREECE. [First available use of Camponotus rubripes r. aethiops var. concavus Forel, 1889: 263; unavailable name.] Finzi, 1930d: 317 (q.); Menozzi, 1936d: 301 (l.). Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 97. Subspecies of aethiops: Arnol'di, 1967: 1829; Pisarski, 1970: 322. Junior synonym of aethiops: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58.
 * sylvaticoides. Camponotus aethiops var. sylvaticoides Dalla Torre, 1893: 221 (s.w.) BULGARIA. [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. aethiops var. sylvaticoides Forel, 1892i: 306; unavailable name.] Subspecies of aethiops: Müller, 1923: 156; Emery, 1925b: 97. Junior synonym of aethiops: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58.
 * glaber. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops var. glaber Emery, 1925b: 97 (w.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. aethiops var. glaber Ruzsky, 1905b: 213; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of aethiops: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 128.

Additional References

 * Rigato, F.; Toni, I. 2011. Short notes 21. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Pp. 873-882 in: Nardi, G.; Whitmore, D.; Bardiani, M.; Birtele, D.; Mason, F.; Spada, L.; Cerretti, P. (eds.) 2011. Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati, 5. Sommacampagna, Verona: Cierre Edizioni, 896 pp.