Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis (Olivier)

Type location France (Formica lateralis sp. nov. Olivier, 1792: 497, queen; Mayr, 1853b: 103, major & minor workers and male) Provence - no type images on Antweb (August 2015).
Junior synonyms
melanogaster (Formica melanogaster, Latreille, 1802c: 171, illustrated, worker; synonymy Mayr, 1853b: 102) France, Brive - no type images on Antweb (August 2015)
bicolor (Formica bicolor, Latreille, 1798: 43, worker; Mayr, 1853b: 102) France, Brive - no type images on Antweb (August 2015)
axillaris (Formica axillaris, Spinola, 1808: 243, worker; synonymy 1855: 322 - original unavailable) Italy - no type images on Antweb (August 2015)
pallidinervis (Formica pallidinervis, Brullé, 1832: 326, male; synonymy Mayr, 1863: 399) Greece - no type images on Antweb (August 2015)
hemipsila (Formica hemipsila, oerster, 1850b: 492, queen; synonym Forel, 1894d: 5) Algeria - no type images on Antweb (August 2015)
armouri (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis armouri subsp. nov., Wheeler, 1926, all forms, Balearic Is., Barrango de san Juan, Minorca; synonymy Collingwood, 1978: 73) and j.syn. balearis (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis Ol. stirps spissinodis For. v. balearis n. var., Santschi, 1925g: 360, illustrated, worker; junior synonym of armouri Santschi, 1936c: 207) - see below
Subspecies
cypidris (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis Ol. v. cypridis n. var., Santschi, 1939c: 6, all forms) Cyprus, Yermasozne River, A Bally
purius (Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis Ol. v. purius n. var., Santschi, 1929e: 163, all forms) Algeria, Bequaert
rhodius (Camponotus lateralis dalmaticus Nyl. var. rhodia, Emery, 1925a: 64 , in key., Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis Ol. v. rhodia Em., Santschi, 1934d: 280, worker) Greece.

Olivier's (1792) description is at - , with the queen at . Latreile's (1802c) descriptions are at - . Foerster's (1850b) description of hemipsila is at - . Mayr's (1853) full description is at - . Bondroit's (1918) illustrated description is at - . Santschi's (1925g) description of balearis is at - . Wheeler's (1926) description of armouri is at - . Santschi's (1929e) description of purius is at - .

On purius Santschi (1929e:163) wrote distinguished from the type by having the body and appendages uniform light red and the gaster brownish black.

The photomontage of the balearis type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912190.

The photomontage of the balearis type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912191.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Camponotus (Myrmetoma) lateralis B Taylor det.

Iran F Borjali 03

30.iv.2014 37°2294 N 50°2539 E -25 m

Chaf & Chamkala hand collected city, on plant, 1210h minor worker

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The photomontage is of a minor worker from Iran, Chaf; collector F Borjali (03).