Cataglyphis lunatica

Cataglyphis lunatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	bicolor
Species complex:	nodus
Species:	C. lunatica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis lunatica Baroni Urbani, 1969

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Cataglyphis species of Asia

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Türkiye.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• lunatica. Cataglyphis (Cataglyphis) lunatica Baroni Urbani, 1969d: 213, figs. 1, 2, 3 (w.) TURKEY.
  • Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1489; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997c: 432; Radchenko, 1998: 504 (in key); Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 9; Borowiec, L. 2014: 57.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1969c. Una nuova Cataglyphis dei Monti dell'Anatolia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragm. Entomol. 6: 213-222.
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
• Salata, S., Demetriou, J., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L. 2023. The ant genus Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Zootaxa, 5264(3), 301–322 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.1).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 1457-1505.
• Agosti, D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymentopera: Formicidae) . Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505.
• Baroni Urbani, C.. "Una nuova Cataglyphis dei Monti dell'Anatolia." Fragmenta Entomologica 6 (1969): 213-222.
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
• Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.