Cataglyphis altisquamis

Cataglyphis altisquamis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	alitisquamis
Species:	C. altisquamis
Binomial name
Cataglyphis altisquamis (André, 1881) Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Cataglyphis species groups
• Key to Cataglyphis species of Asia

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 40.420278° to 34.7958°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran, Israel, Syria (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.

Nomenclature

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

• altisquamis. Myrmecocystus altisquamis André, 1881b: 56, pl. 3, figs. 6, 7 (w.) SYRIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a very small number”).
  • [Note: Santschi, 1929b: 34, cites 3w syntypes MNHN.]
  • Type-locality: Syria: Antiliban (Abeille de Perrin).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • André, 1882b: 171 (q.).
  • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 104; Emery, 1925b: 264;
  • combination in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 34.
  • Subspecies of viatica: Forel, 1911h: 458.
  • Status as species: André, 1882b: 169 (in key); Emery, 1884a: 376; Forel, 1890a: lxvii; Emery, 1891b: 16; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Forel, 1894d: 7; Forel, 1895d: 228; Ruzsky, 1905b: 436; Emery, 1906d: 56; Emery, 1908g: 216; Karavaiev, 1910b: 39; Emery, 1925b: 264; Santschi, 1929b: 34; Menozzi, 1933b: 85; Ceballos, 1956: 317; Arnol'di, 1964: 1811; Collingwood, 1978: 92 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 259; Agosti, 1990b: 1482; Tinaut, 1991: 220; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Radchenko, 1997c: 429; Radchenko, 1998: 506 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2008: 153; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Borowiec, L. 2014: 51; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 139.
  • Distribution: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria.

References

• André, E. 1881c. Catalogue raisonné des Formicides provenant du voyage en Orient de M. Abeille de Perrin et description des espèces nouvelles. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (6)(1): 53-78 (page 56, pl. 3, figs. 6, 7 worker described)
• André, E. 1882c. Les fourmis. [part]. Pp. 153-232 in: André, Edm. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp. (page 171, queen described)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 264, Combination in Cataglyphis)
• Eyer, P.A., Seltzer, R., Reiner-Brodetzki, T., Hefetz, A. 2017. An integrative approach to untangling species delimitation in the Cataglyphis bicolor desert ant complex in Israel. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115, 128–139 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.024).
• Khalili-Moghadam, A., Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2021. Three new species of Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1009, 1–28 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1009.59205).
• Khalili-Moghadam, A., Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2023. Two new species of ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 69(3), 270–281 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2023.2247277).
• Mohseni, M.R., Pashaei Rad, S. 2021. The effect of edaphic factors on the distribution and abundance of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Iran. Biodiversity Data Journal 9, e54843 (doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e54843).
• Tinaut, A., Ruano, F. 2021. Biogeography of Iberian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 13, 88. (doi:10.3390/d13020088).

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.
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Dusmet, J. M.. "Algunos formícidos y mutílidos de España." Actas de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural Tomo XXVII (1899): 109.
• Forel A. 1890. Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 34: lxi-lxxvi.
• Forel, A.. "Les Formicides de la Province d'Oran (Algérie)." Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30 (1894): 1-45.
• Forel, A.. "Südpalaearctische Ameisen." Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gessellschaft 9 (1895): 227-234.
• Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
• Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de l’Agriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
• Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.