Cataglyphis cubica

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Cataglyphis cubica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: C. cubica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis cubica
(Forel, 1903)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.784722° to 31.633333°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • cubica. Myrmecocystus albicans r. cubicus Forel, 1903c: 267 (w.q.) MOROCCO.
    • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1906d: 53; Karavaiev, 1924: 305; Emery, 1925b: 263; Santschi, 1929b: 39.
    • Subspecies of albicans: Santschi, 1929b: 61 (in key); Santschi, 1936c: 210; Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 135.
    • Status as species: Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 51; Borowiec, L. 2014: 53.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
  • Forel, A.. "Mélanges entomologiques, biologiques et autres." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 47 (1903): 249-268.
  • Sanllorente O., P. Lorite, F. Ruano, T. Palomeque, and A. Tinaut. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships between the slave-making ants Rossomyrmex and their Proformica hosts in relation to other genera of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Zool Syst Evol Res. 1–13.
  • de Haro, Andrés, Juan-José de Haro, and C. A. Collingwood. "Cataglyphis cubicus (Forel, 1903) stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y male nov., grupo albicans, de Asilah, costa atlántica de Marruecos." Orsis 20 (2005): 13-25.