Cataglyphis albicans

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Cataglyphis albicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species group: albicans
Species: C. albicans
Binomial name
Cataglyphis albicans
(Roger, 1859)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran at an ice cream bait in a desert area.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.566667° to 13.6°.

     
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Canary Islands, Greece, Iran, Israel, Syria, Türkiye.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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Trematoda

  • This species is a host for the trematode Dicrocoelium lanceatum (a parasite) in Armenia (Arakelian et al., 1997) (as Cataglyphis albicans armenia).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0900322. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • albicans. Formica albicans Roger, 1859: 235 (w.) “North Africa”.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: North Africa: “Im nördlichen Afrika” (Ehrenberg).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • [Misspelled as abicans by Mayr, 1877: 20 (in list); misspelled as albicaus by Forel, 1890c: 218.]
    • André, 1882b: 174 (m.); Forel, 1894d: 11 (q.); Santschi, 1921d: 76 (gynandromorph).
    • Combination in Myrmecocystus: Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Emery, 1880: 391; Ruzsky, 1905b: 440;
    • combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1910f: 234; Karavaiev, 1924: 305;
    • combination in Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1862: 701; Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1880: 28; Emery, 1912f: 98; Santschi, 1912c: 149; Menozzi, 1922b: 332; Santschi, 1929b: 37;
    • combination in C. (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 37.
    • Subspecies of viatica: Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Emery, 1881b: 528.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 701; Mayr, 1863: 402; Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1870b: 952; Mayr, 1877: 9; Emery, 1878a: ix (in list); Emery, 1878b: 48; Mayr, 1880: 28; Emery, 1880: 391; André, 1881b: 57; André, 1882b: 168 (in key); Emery, 1884a: 377; Forel, 1889: 256; Nasonov, 1889: 15; Emery, 1891b: 17; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Medina, 1893: 104; Forel, 1894d: 11; Forel, 1895d: 227; Forel, 1902a: 156; Forel, 1904c: 12; Ruzsky, 1905b: 440; Emery, 1906d: 50; Forel, 1908a: 14; Forel, 1909c: 105; Forel, 1909e: 383; Karavaiev, 1910a: 269; Karavaiev, 1910b: 37; Karavaiev, 1911: 10; Karavaiev, 1912a: 15; Santschi, 1912c: 149; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923: 247; Karavaiev, 1924: 305; Emery, 1925b: 262; Kutter, 1928: 66; Santschi, 1929b: 37; Finzi, 1930b: 16; Santschi, 1931a: 13; Menozzi, 1934: 165; Finzi, 1936: 191; Santschi, 1936c: 210; Santschi, 1939c: 5; Finzi, 1940: 164; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 33; Bernard, 1945: 137; Bernard, 1948: 162; Bernard, 1953a: 199; Ceballos, 1956: 317; Arnol'di, 1964: 1808; Cagniant, 1964: 93; Cagniant, 1966b: 281; Cagniant, 1968a: 145; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 85; Cagniant, 1970c: 30; Bernard, 1971: 8; Collingwood, 1978: 92 (in key); Barquin Diez, 1981: 473; Collingwood, 1985: 286; Kugler, J. 1988: 259; Tinaut & Plaza, 1990: 196; Agosti, 1990b: 1491; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 163; Arakelian, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Espadaler, 1997b: 27; Radchenko, 1997c: 425; Radchenko, 1998: 507 (in key); Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 52; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Legakis, 2011: 33; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 486; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 9; Borowiec, L. 2014: 51 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 160.
    • Senior synonym of armena: Radchenko, 1997c: 425.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Armenia, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain (+ Canary Is), Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen.
    • [Note: distribution based on Borowiec, L. 2014: 51.]
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus fezzanensis, franchettii, kairuana, opaca, targuia.
  • armena. Cataglyphis albicans subsp. armena Arnol'di, 1964: 1808, figs. 7, 8 (w.q.m.) ARMENIA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 11 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male.
    • Type-localities: holotype Armenia: Karabakhlar (G. Dlussky); paratypes: workers and male with same data, queen Armenia: Erevan (G. Dlussky).
    • Type-depositories: ZMUM (holotype); ZISP, ZMUM (paratypes).
    • Subspecies of albicans: Agosti, 1990b: 1491; Arakelian, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 134.
    • Junior synonym of albicans: Radchenko, 1997c: 425.

Taxonomic Notes

Pashaei Rad et al., (2018): Cataglyphis albicans armenus (Roger, 1859, j. syn. armenus Arnoldi, 1964) CASENT0903292. Type location North Africa; armenus from Armenia. There are no type images of Cataglyphis albicans so the trinomial armenus is used here.

Description

References

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