Camponotus thoracicus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica thoracica Fabricius, 1804: 397 (q.) (no state data, “Habitat in Barbaria”, = North African coast from Morocco to Libya).
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792: 503 (Emery, 1921a: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 127).]
 * Emery, 1908a: 193 (s.w.m.).
 * Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2;
 * combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913d: 434;
 * combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 99.
 * Junior synonym of maculatus: Roger, 1862c: 285; Mayr, 1863: 400; Roger, 1863b: 2; Mayr, 1865: 27; Gerstäcker, 1871: 355; Arnold, 1922: 621.
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Forel, 1906c: 189; Forel, 1907a: 30; Forel, 1907e: 16; Emery, 1908a: 193; Forel, 1910a: 13; Karavaiev, 1910b: 9; Santschi, 1910f: 234; Karavaiev, 1911: 11; Forel, 1911d: 359; Karavaiev, 1912a: 21; Forel, 1913d: 434; Forel, 1914d: 250; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 173; Stitz, 1917: 351; Crawley, 1920b: 178; Arnold, 1922: 630; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 959; Viehmeyer, 1923: 93; Karavaiev, 1926e: 189.
 * Subspecies of compressus: Emery, 1920c: 6; Santschi, 1921a: 116; Santschi, 1921d: 73; Emery, 1924a: 8; Emery, 1925b: 99; Santschi, 1925g: 356; Menozzi, 1927e: 117; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 114; Menozzi, 1927g: 380; Santschi, 1929g: 165; Menozzi, 1932e: 453; Menozzi, 1933b: 80; Finzi, 1936: 189; Santschi, 1939d: 78; Menozzi, 1940: 271; Finzi, 1940: 163; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 32; Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1067; Hamann & Klemm, 1967: 418.
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 31; Emery, 1920b: 256; Pisarski, 1971a: 674; Bernard, 1971: 9; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 236; Collingwood, 1985: 283; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Cagniant, 1996b: 99; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 374; Mohamed, Zalat, et al. 2001: 44; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Paknia, et al. 2008: 153; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 451; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 8; Karaman, C. & Aktaç, 2013: 53 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 43; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 138.
 * Senior synonym of dichrous: Emery, 1908a: 193; Emery, 1925b: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 127.
 * [Note: if synonymy confirmed then dichrous is the first available replacement name.]
 * dichrous. Camponotus sylvaticus var. dichrous André, 1882a: 145.
 * [First available use of Camponotus sylvaticus subsp. maculatus var. dichrous Forel, 1879a: 65 (w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * Forel, 1886e: clxi (m.); Forel, 1890a: lxv (q.); Bingham, 1903: 356 (s.).
 * Subspecies of sylvaticus: Forel, 1886e: clxi.
 * Subspecies of rubripes: Forel, 1890a: lxv.
 * Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1891b: 19; Forel, 1892j: 243; Forel, 1893b: 432; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 228, 241 (footnote); Forel, 1894d: 41; Emery, 1894j: 9; Emery, 1896d: 371 (in list); Emery, 1898a: 225; Emery, 1898c: 149; Forel, 1902a: 158; Forel, 1904b: 379; Ruzsky, 1905b: 199.
 * Subspecies of barbaricus: Cagniant, 1970c: 30.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 228; Bingham, 1903: 356; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 253; Karmaly & Narendran, 2006: 63 (error).
 * [Note: the entries in Bingham, and in Karmaly & Narendran, from India, are probably misidentifications.]
 * Junior synonym of maculatus: Forel, 1886f: 143.
 * Junior synonym of thoracicus: Emery, 1908a: 193; Emery, 1925b: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 96.
 * [Note: if synonymy confirmed then dichrous is the first available replacement name for Formica thoracica Fabricius, 1804: 397, unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792: 503.]

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