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]
^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.