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Cataglyphis argentata
| Cataglyphis argentata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species group: | albicans |
| Species complex: | livida |
| Species: | C. argentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis argentata (Radoszkowsky, 1876) | |
Identification
Salata et al. (2021) - Whole body yellow, only gaster sometimes with indistinctly infuscated apex; mesosoma, body covered with a layer of silvery hair.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Egypt (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. |
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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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- argentata. Camponotus argentata Radoszkowsky, 1876: 140 (w.) EGYPT.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Egypt: (no further data) (Dziedzicki).
- Type-depository: unknown (not in ZISP).
- [Note: Agosti, 1990b: 1492, and Salata, Kiyani, et al. 2021: 126, agree that type-material of this species is lost.]
- Junior synonym of bombycina: Dalla Torre, 1893: 217; Emery, 1925b: 267.
- Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Borowiec, L. 2014: 52; Salata, Kiyani, et al. 2021: 126.
- Distribution: Egypt.
Taxonomic Notes
Salata et al. (2021) - Type specimens of this species are considered lost and, as suggested by Agosti (1990), due to ambiguous description of this species, its assignation to the livida complex is tentative. The silvery hair mentioned in the description can suggest an affiliation of C. argentata with the bombycina or laevior complexes. If C. argentata is a member of the livida complex, then its description could indicate that it is probably conspecific with two other North African taxa: Cataglyphis arenaria and Cataglyphis aurata. If this assumption is correct, then the name C. argentata has priority over C. arenaria and C. aurata.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Salata, S., Kiyani, H., Minaei, K., Borowiec, L. 2021. Taxonomic review of the Cataglyphis livida complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a description of a new species from Iran. ZooKeys 1010, 117–131 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1010.58348).
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.