Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius 1804)

Formica thoracica Fabricius, 1804 PDF: 397 (q.) ALGERIA. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792 (Emery, 1921a PDF: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 127).].Emery, 1908a PDF: 193 (s.w.m.).Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b PDF: 2.Combination in Camponotus (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1913d PDF: 434.Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d PDF: 99.Junior synonym of Camponotus maculatus: Roger, 1862c PDF: 285; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 400; Roger, 1863b PDF: 2; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 27; Gerstäcker, 1871: 355; Arnold, 1922 PDF: 621.Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1906c PDF: 189; Forel, 1907d PDF: 30; Forel, 1907h PDF: 16; Emery, 1908a PDF: 193; Forel, 1910a PDF: 13; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 9; Santschi, 1910f PDF: 234; Karavaiev, 1911b PDF: 11; Forel, 1911f PDF: 359; Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 21; Forel, 1913d PDF: 434; Forel, 1914d PDF: 250; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 173; Stitz, 1917 PDF: 351; Crawley, 1920b PDF: 178; Arnold, 1922 PDF: 630; Wheeler, 1922: 959; Viehmeyer, 1923 PDF: 93; Karavaiev, 1926e PDF: 189.Subspecies of Camponotus compressus: Emery, 1920d 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF: 6; Santschi, 1921a PDF: 116; Santschi, 1921d PDF: 73; Emery, 1924a PDF: 8; Emery, 1925d PDF: 99; Santschi, 1925g PDF: 356; Menozzi, 1927e PDF: 117; Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 114; Menozzi, 1927g PDF: 380; Santschi, 1929g PDF: 165; Menozzi, 1932e PDF: 453; Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 80; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 189; Santschi, 1939d PDF: 78; Menozzi, 1940a PDF: 271; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 163; Donisthorpe, 1942a PDF: 32; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1067; Hamann & Klemm, 1967 PDF: 418.Status as species: Smith, 1858a PDF: 31; Emery, 1920b PDF: 256; Pisarski, 1971a PDF: 674; Bernard, 1971: 9; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 236; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 283; Bolton, 1995b: 127; Cagniant, 1996b: 99; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 374; Mohamed et al., 2001 PDF: 44; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 194; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 153; Collingwood et al., 2011 PDF: 451; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 8; Karaman & Aktaç, 2013 PDF: 53 (in key); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 43; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 138.Senior synonym of Camponotus dichrous: Emery, 1908a PDF: 193; Emery, 1925d PDF: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 127.[Note: if synonymy confirmed then Camponotus dichrous is the first available replacement name.].

Formica thoracica Fabricius , 1804: Syst. Piez.: 397.

Camponotus thoracicus Fabricius : Roger, 1862, Berl. Ent. Z.6: 205. World distribution: Algeria & Egypt.

Distribution in Egypt: Western desert, Eastern desert, Coastal stripe, Upper Nile and Sinai.

Material examined: W.El-Arbaein: 11.VIII.1998 (2), Sahab: 10.VII.1998 (4), ElMafareq: 2.V.1998 (2)(Coll. Ain.).

M. Emery ayant revise la synonymie du groupe, il vaut autant remonter tout en haut. Le C. thoracicus etant de Bar- barie et correspondant au groupe oasium , dichrous , etc, qui vit dans ce pays, tandis que le maculatus i. sp. ne s'y trouve pas, c'est le nom de Fabricius que doit prendre la race dont fellah , dichrous , oasium , etc, seront les varietes. J'ai confondu autrefois l' oasium et le dichrous , comme le dit M. Emery.