Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, Antonova, Vera, Radchenko, Alexander G. & Atanasova, Maria, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys 62, pp. 1-124 : 30

Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)

Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)

Camponotus merula (Losana, 1834)

Camponotus foveolatus (Mayr, 1853)

Camponotus lateralis var. rectus Forel, 1892

Records

(Map 61): Bulgaria [ Emery 1914 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor ), Agosti and Collingwood 1987a (as Camponotus atricolor )]; Western Predbalkan: Rachene river valley [ Vassilev 1984 (as Camponotus merula )], Belogradchik ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); EasternStara Planina Mts: Sliven [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor )]; Sofia Basin: Sofia [ Forel 1892, Atanassov 1934 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor ), Antonova 2005, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008]; surroundings of Sofia near Vladaya vill. ( Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008); Vitosha Mt. [ Atanassov 1952 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor )]: Knyazhevo [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. foveolatus )]; Plana Mt.: Alino vill., Bukov dol loc. (Pasarel vill.) ( Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Lozenska Planina Mt.: north of Pasarel vill. ( Antonova and Penev 2008); Thracian Lowland: Pazardzhik [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. foveolatus and Camponotus lateralis var. dalmaticus )]; Bakadzhik-Burgas district: Aytos [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. foveolatus )]; Strandzha Mt. ( Antonova et al. in press): Malko Tarnovo ( Atanassov and Vassileva 1976, Hubenov et al. 1998); Dupnitsa Basin: Dupnitsa [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor )]; Belasitsa Mt. ( Atanassov 1964, Hubenov et al. 1998); Rila Mt.: Rilska river valley [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor , Camponotus lateralis var. foveolatus and Camponotus lateralis var. dalmaticus )]; Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Petrich plain ( Atanassov 1964); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Zvezdel vill. (Momchilgrad), Malki Voden vill. (Madzharovo), Padalo vill. (Krumovgrad) ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a); Southern Black Sea coast: Pomorie [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. foveolatus and Camponotus lateralis var. rectus )], Sozopol [ Forel 1892 (as Camponotus lateralis var. atricolor , Camponotus lateralis var. foveolatus and Camponotus lateralis var. rectus )].

Notes:

For most of the last two decades Camponotus atricolor has been considered as a junior synonym of Camponotus piceus . Seifert (1996) noted Camponotus atricolor as separate species, while Radchenko (1997b) considerd it as junior synonym of Camponotus piceus . Markó et al. (2006) revived this name from synonymy, but stressed that confirmation of the status of this species needs further investigation.