Cataglyphis bazoftensis

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Cataglyphis bazoftensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species group: alitisquamis
Species: C. bazoftensis
Binomial name
Cataglyphis bazoftensis
Khalili-Moghadam, Salata & Borowiec, 2021

Little known, nests were found under stones inside a deciduous, oak forest surrounded by a grazing area. All collecting sites were in alpine zone, from 1738 to 1886 m a.s.l.

Identification

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Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran (type locality).

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • bazoftensis. Cataglyphis bazoftensis Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2021: 6, figs. 1-8, 27 (w.) IRAN.
    • Type-material: holotype major worker, 19 paratype major workers, 4 paratype media workers, 13 paratype minor workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype Iran: Chaharmahal Va, Bakhtiari, Koohrang (Bazoft), 32.2969, 49.9358, 1754 m., 1.vii.2017 (A. Khalili-Moghadam); paratypes: 12 major, 2 media, 9 minor workers with same data, 3 major, 2 media, 4 minor workers with same data but 1798 m., 3 major workers with same data but 1886 m., 1 major worker with same data but 1738 m.
    • Type-depositories: MNHW (holotype); MHNG, MNHW, USMB (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Iran.

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