This history item belongs to Formica merula Losana, 1834

Its current taxon owner(s) is Camponotus merula

Status as species: Mayr, 1855: 371 (footnote); Bondroit, 1918: 77; Müller, 1923a: 73; Müller, 1923b: 162; Ruzsky, 1926: 108; Cori & Finzi, 1931: 240; Soudek, 1931: 18; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 109 (in key); Bernard, 1959a: 351; Bernard, 1967a: 344 (redescription); Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 84; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 552. 

Status as species: {ref 127185}: 371 (footnote); {ref 122872}: 77; {ref 127477}: 73; {ref 127478}: 162; {ref 128169}: 108; {ref 123837}: 240; {ref 128938}: 18; {ref 126512}: 109 (in key); {ref 122648}: 351; {ref 122660}: 344 (redescription); {ref 123816}: 84; {ref 122371}: 552.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2023-03-06
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Camponotus merula Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
Formica merula Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Camponotus merula (Losana, 1834)
Other history items belonging to Formica merula
#308072 [Misspelled as morula by Soudek, 1922b: 91.]
#247848 Bondroit, 1918: 77 (s.q.m.)
#247849 Combination in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 238.
#284918 Combination in Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex): Müller, 1923b: 162.
#284917 Combination in Camponotus (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925d: 120.
#308073 Combination in Orthonotomyrmex: Novák & Sadil, 1941: 109 (in key).
#247851 Subspecies of Camponotus lateralis: Emery, 1896j: 373 (in list); Emery, 1898c: 125; Ruzsky, 1902d: 7; Ruzsky, 1905b: 255; Karavaiev, 1912b: 596; Emery, 1914c: 159; Emery, 1916a: 226; Menozzi, 1918: 87; Santschi, 1919e: 247; Ruzsky, 1925b: 42.
#308074 Subspecies of Camponotus piceus: Karavaiev, 1927a: 295.
#247852 (selected) Status as species: Mayr, 1855: 371 (footnote); Bondroit, 1918: 77; Müller, 1923a: 73; Müller, 1923b: 162; Ruzsky, 1926: 108; Cori & Finzi, 1931: 240; Soudek, 1931: 18; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 109 (in key); Bernard, 1959a: 351; Bernard, 1967a: 344 (redescription); Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 84; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 552.
#247853 Junior synonym of Camponotus piceus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 238; Emery, 1896j: 373 (in list); Ruzsky, 1905b: 255; Soudek, 1922b: 91; Emery, 1925e: 70; Finzi, 1927b: 52; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 36; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 58; Bernard, 1967a: 344; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 194; Collingwood, 1971: 164; Kutter, 1977c: 207; Collingwood, 1978: 73; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 222; Arakelian, 1994: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 111; Radchenko, 1997c: 707; Czechowski et al., 2002: 99; Radchenko, 2007: 37; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 143; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 131; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 480; Legakis, 2011: 32; Radchenko, 2016: 334.
#308075 [Note: Emery, 1896j: 373 (in list); Ruzsky, 1905b: 255; Bernard, 1967a: 344; Collingwood, 1978: 73 give Camponotus merula as senior synonym, but Camponotus piceus has priority.]
#287130 Junior synonym of Camponotus lateralis: Seifert, 2019b: 17.