Bothriomyrmex corsicus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 * . Bothriomyrmex meridionalis var. corsica Santschi, 1923a: 136 (q.) FRANCE (Corsica).
 * Emery, 1925e: 12 (w.); Bernard, 1967: 266 (m.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1925e: 12; Bernard, 1967: 266 (redescription); Kutter, 1968a: 60; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 163; Collingwood, 1978: 87 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 279 (in key); Shattuck, 1994: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Petrov, 2006: 102 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 477; Seifert, 2012b: 100 (redescription); Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 469; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 4; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2013: 351; Borowiec, L. 2014: 22; Lebas, et al. 2016: 108; Radchenko, 2016: 100; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 43; Seifert, 2018: 248.
 * Senior synonym of gallicus: Bernard, 1967: 266; Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * Senior synonym of gibbus: Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * Senior synonym of ligurica: Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * Senior synonym of menozzii: Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * gallicus. Bothriomyrmex corsicus subsp. gallicus Emery, 1925e: 13, figs. A8, B5, C5 (w.q.m.) SWITZERLAND, FRANCE.
 * Subspecies of corsicus: Santschi, 1927b: 127; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 97 (in key); Bernard, 1950a: 20.
 * Status as species: Kutter, 1971: 269; Kutter, 1977c: 176; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 279 (in key); Shattuck, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 477.
 * Junior synonym of corsicus: Bernard, 1967: 266; Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * gibbus. Bothriomyrmex meridionalis subsp. gibbus Soudek, 1925a: 35 (w.q.m.) CZECH REPUBLIC (date of publication 15.iii.1925).
 * [Also described as new by Soudek, 1925c: 216, figs. 1-10 (date of publication (31.xii).1925).]
 * Subspecies of meridionalis: Soudek, 1931: 12.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1925e: 14 (redescription); Stitz, 1939: 226; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 96 (in key); Kutter, 1963: 130; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 165; Arnol’di & Dlussky, 1978: 548 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 87 (in key); Bernard, 1967: 265 (redescription); Kutter, 1968a: 60; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 279 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Shattuck, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Dubovikoff, 2004: 442; Petrov, 2006: 102 (in key); Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 142; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 478; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 33; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 62; Legakis, 2011: 23.
 * Junior synonym of corsicus: Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * ligurica. Bothriomyrmex corsicus var. ligurica Emery, 1925e: 13, fig. A7 (w.) ITALY.
 * Menozzi, 1932a: 9 (q.m.l.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1951: 190 (l.).
 * Subspecies of corsicus: Menozzi, 1932a: 9; Grandi, 1935: 102; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 164; Shattuck, 1994: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 81.
 * Status as species: Poldi, et al. 1995: 6.
 * Junior synonym of corsicus: Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.
 * menozzii. Bothriomyrmex menozzii Emery, 1925e: 17, figs. B8, C8 (q.m.) ITALY.
 * Kutter, 1971: 270 (w.).
 * Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 166; Kutter, 1977c: 176; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 279 (in key); Shattuck, 1994: 35; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Markó & Csösz, 2002: 117; Petrov, 2006: 102 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowsky, 2009: 478; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 33; Csösz, et al. 2011: 58.
 * Junior synonym of corsicus: Seifert, 2012b: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 100.

Type Material
Bothriomyrmex meridionalis gibbus

Dubovikov (2002) - Lectotype (designated here): W, “[Transcriptio] Moravia centr., Moravsky kras, Suchy Zleb, 15.IV.1923, St. Soudek leg.,” “Collectio J. Slavicek, Moravske museum, Brno,” "Bothriomyrmex meridianalis gibbus ssp. n. St. Soudek det.,” “syntypus,” “invent no. 1190 [Ent.] Mor. Museum, Brno,” “Lectotype Bothriomyrmex gibbus Soudek, 1924 Dubovikoff des.” (MMB, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic). Paralectotypes: 3 W, labels as in lectotype, but nos. 1187-1189 (MMB).

Bezděčková et al. (2017) - A lectotype and three paralectotypes are deposited in (all dry-mounted, glued on rectangular card labels):
 * LECTOTYPE (worker): ‘Typus [p, dark red label] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Moravia centr. / Moravský kras 15. iv. / Suchý žleb 1923 / Št. Soudek leg. [hw] // Collectio / J. Slavíček / Moravské museum, Brno [p] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Bothriomyrmex [worker symbol] / meridionalis / gibbus ssp. n. / Št. Soudek det. [hw] // Syn- / typus [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 1190 /Ent. [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Lectotype / Bothriomyrmex / gibbus Soudek, / 1924 / Dubovikoff des. [hw, red label]’.
 * PARALECTOTYPE (1 worker): ‘Macocha / 1923 Dr. Soudek [hw] // Bothr. merid. / gibbus. [hw] // Collectio / J. Slavíček / Moravské museum, Brno [p] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Moravia centr. / Moravský kras 15. iv. / Suchý žleb 1923 / Št. Soudek leg. [hw] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Bothriomyrmex / meridionalis [worker symbol] / gibbus ssp. n. / Št. Soudek det. [hw] // Syn- / typus [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 1187 /Ent. [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Paralectotype / Bothriomyrmex / gibbus Soudek, / 1924 / Dubovikoff des. [hw, red label]’.
 * PARALECTOTYPE (1 worker): ‘Type [p, dark red label framed black] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Moravia centr. / Moravský kras / Suchý žleb 1923 / Št. Soudek leg. [hw] // Collectio / J. Slavíček / Moravské museum, Brno [p] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Bothriomyrmex [worker symbol] / meridionalis / gibbus ssp. n. / Št. Soudek det. [hw] // Syn- / typus [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 1189 /Ent. [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Paralectotype / Bothriomyrmex / gibbus Soudek / Dubovikoff des. [hw, red label]’.
 * PARALECTOTYPE (1 worker): ‘Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Moravia centr. / Moravský kras / Suchý žleb 1923 / Št. Soudek leg. [hw] // Collectio / J. Slavíček / Moravské museum, Brno [p] // Transcriptio [p, underlined] / Bothriomyrmex [worker symbol] / meridionalis / gibbus ssp. n. / Št. Soudek det. [hw] // Syn- / typus [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 1191 /Ent. [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Paralectotype / Bothriomyrmex / gibbus Soudek / Dubovikoff des. [hw, red label]’.

Shattuck (1994) erroneously stated that the types of B. gibbus are housed in the Museum of Natural History, Basel.

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