Camponotus lateralis is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus.[1] The species has a wide range and is found in the countries around the Mediterranean, Crimea, Caucasus, northwestern Africa, Asia Minor and Kopet Dag (a mountain range between Turkmenistan and Iran).[2]

Camponotus lateralis
Camponotus lateralis worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Camponotus
Species:
C. lateralis
Binomial name
Camponotus lateralis
(Olivier, 1792)

Subspecies edit

  • Camponotus lateralis cypridis Santschi, 1939
  • Camponotus lateralis purius Santschi, 1929
  • Camponotus lateralis rhodius Santschi, 1934

References edit

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Camponotus lateralislateralis". AntCat. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ Radchenko, A. G. (1997). "A review of ants of the subgenus Myrmentoma, genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Asian Palaearctic". Entomological Review. 77 (8): 1050–1059.

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