Bothriomyrmex atlantis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria.

Nomenclature

 * . Bothriomyrmex meridionalis r. atlantis Forel, 1894d: 14 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
 * Subspecies of meridionalis: Santschi, 1906: 365; Santschi, in Forel, 1906a: 68; Forel, 1911d: 350.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1911f: 79; Emery, 1913a: 28; Santschi, 1919i: 210; Santschi, 1922a: 66; Cagniant, 1968a: 145; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Cagniant, 1970c: 28; Shattuck, 1994: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Cagniant, 2006a: 193; Legakis, 2011: 22; Seifert, 2012b: 97 (redescription); Borowiec, L. 2014: 21 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 108.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus perfidus.

Taxonomic Notes
Borowiec (2014) - Synonymic lists with apparently new synonyms in this publication are ignored as they are not based on objective study. Borowiec, 2014: 2, stated that, “All infraspecific names, including subspecies names, are treated as synonyms although in future studies many of them can be raised to species level.” This approach is no improvement over leaving each currently available infraspecific name as a subspecies until proved otherwise by analysis. Previously established junior synonyms remain unchanged. Also, in the Borowiec catalogue infrasubspecific (unavailable) names and nomina nuda are regarded as ‘synonyms’, but new changes of status are not indicated. (B. Bolton, pers. comm.).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
 * Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp
 * Emery C. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50.
 * Forel A. 1906. Moeurs des fourmis parasites des genres Wheeleria et Bothriomyrmex. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 14: 51-69.
 * Forel A. 1911. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400.
 * Forel, A. 1894. Les formicides de la province d'Oran (Algerie). Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30: 1-45.
 * Santschi, F. "A propos de moeurs parasitiques temporaires des fourmis du genre Bothriomyrmex." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 75 (1906): 363-392.
 * Santschi, F. "Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite)." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 2 (1911): 78-85.
 * Santschi, F. "Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis paléarctiques." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 13 (1922): 66-68.
 * Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.