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Cataglyphis bicoloripes
| Cataglyphis bicoloripes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. bicoloripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis bicoloripes Walker, 1871 | |
Identification
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.
- bicoloripes. Cataglyphis bicoloripes Walker, 1871: 10 (q.) EGYPT.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Egypt: Cairo (J.K. Lord).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist; not in BMNH (Agosti, 1990b: 1495)).
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Bolton, 1995b: 134 (error); Borowiec, L. 2014: 53 (error).
- Unidenifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Cataglyphis: Agosti, 1990b: 1495.
- Distribution: Egypt.
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.
- Walker, F. 1871. A list of Hymenoptera collected by J. K. Lord, Esq. in Egypt, in the neighbourhood of the Red Sea, and in Arabia, with descriptions of the new species. London: E. W. Janson, vi + 59 pp. (page 10, queen described)
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.