Cataglyphis iberica

Cataglyphis iberica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. iberica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis iberica (Emery, 1906) Specimen Labels

Gonçalves et al (2017) found Cataglyphis iberica to be abundant in the Iberian vineyards they sampled (pitfall trapping).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.462778° to 36.087222°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Spain (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a host for the braconid wasp Kollasmosoma sentum (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Life History Traits

• Queen number: monogynous (Dahbi et al., 1997)
• Colony type: polydomous (Dahbi et al., 1997)

Nomenclature

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

• iberica. Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. ibericus Emery, 1906d: 52, fig. 12 (w.m.) SPAIN, PORTUGAL.
  • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 99.
  • Subspecies of albicans: Santschi, 1919e: 246; Menozzi, 1922b: 332; Emery, 1925b: 262; Santschi, 1925g: 355; Santschi, 1929b: 60 (in key); Santschi, 1932c: 74; Santschi, 1932g: 5; Ceballos, 1956: 317.
  • Status as species: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 85; Collingwood, 1978: 92 (in key); Agosti, 1990b: 1494; Tinaut & Plaza, 1990: 196; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Espadaler, 1997b: 27; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 26 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 56; Lebas, et al. 2016: 160.

Description

Karyotype

• n = 26 (Spain) (Hauschteck-Jungen & Jungen, 1983) (as C. albicans).

References

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