Cataglyphis bergiana

Cataglyphis bergiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	bicolor
Species:	C. bergiana
Binomial name
	Cataglyphis bergiana; Arnol'di, 1964 Specimen Label
Synonyms
	Cataglyphis karakalensis Arnol'di, 1964;

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Cataglyphis species of Asia

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.508577° to 33.614722°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

bergiana. Cataglyphis setipes subsp. bergiana Arnol'di, 1964: 1805 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Kazakhstan: Kara Tau, Stantsiya Mashat (L.C. Berg).
- Type-depository: ZMUM.
- Subspecies of setipes: Agosti, 1990b: 1490; Bolton, 1995b: 134.
- Status as species: Radchenko, 1997c: 434; Radchenko, 1998: 504 (in key); Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 203; Paknia, et al. 2010: 32; Borowiec, L. 2014: 52.
- Senior synonym of karakalensis: Radchenko, 1997c: 434; Radchenko, 1998: 504 (in key).
- Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.
karakalensis. Cataglyphis setipes subsp. karakalensis Arnol'di, 1964: 1805, fig. 5 (w.m.) TURKMENISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 34 paratype workers, 1 paratype male.
- Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: Kara Kala (K.V. Arnol’di); paratypes: workers with same data, male Kara Kala, 1952 (O. Kryzhanovsky).
- Type-depositories: ZMUM (holotype); ZISP, ZMUM (paratypes).
- Subspecies of setipes: Pisarski, 1967: 419; Pisarski, 1970: 325; Agosti, 1990b: 1490.
- Status as species: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 152; Bolton, 1995b: 136.
- Junior synonym of bergiana: Radchenko, 1997c: 434; Radchenko, 1998: 504 (in key).

Description

References

Radchenko, A. G. 1997e. Review of ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr. 76: 424-442.

Arnol'di, K. V. 1964. Higher and specialized representatives of the ant genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 4 43: 1800-1815.

Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.

Radchenko, A. G. 1998a. A key to the ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr. 77: 502-508

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, 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.
Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
Pisarski B. 1967. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24: 375-425.
Pisarski B. 1969. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym. Casopis Moravského Musea v Brne 54(Suppl.): 305-326.
Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.