Cataglyphis acutinodis

Cataglyphis acutinodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. acutinodis
Binomial name
Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Nothing is known about the biology of Cataglyphis acutinodis.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.469444° to 15.355556°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates, Yemen (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: Israel, Oman.

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.

• acutinodis. Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 377, fig. 39 (w.) YEMEN, OMAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Sana’a, ix.1992 (A. van Harten); paratypes: with same data, Yemen: Sana’a, 10.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood), Yemen: Al Mahwit, 21.ix.1991 (A. van Harten), Al Mahwit, 8.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood), Oman: Samhan, 8.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood).
  • Type-depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC, perhaps also NHMB, OMNH; some van Harten material is in TAUI).
  • [Note: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done.]
  • Status as species: Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 451; Borowiec, L. 2014: 50.
  • Distribution: Israel, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype: TL 5.6; HL 1.46; HW 1.32; SL 1.24; EL 0.40; SI 85.

This black species differs from Cataglyphis albicans by the higher, steeper petiole; ratio height to length 4.8:3.0 (C. albicans 4.5:4.0). The antennae, tibiae and tarsi are yellow; in C. albicans from Saudi Arabia these are pale brown.

Type Material

Holotype: worker, Yemen, Sana'a, IX.1992, A. van Harten. - Paratypes: Yemen: workers, same series as holotype; workers, Al-Mahwit, 21.IX.1991, A. van Harten. - Oman: workers from: Samhan, 8.III.l993; Al-Mahwit, 8.III.1993; Sana'a, 10.III.1993; all C.A. Collingwood. Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 377, fig. 39 worker described)
• Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R., van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
• Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405–474
• Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
• Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004
• Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.