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Cataglyphis bombycina sinaitica
| Cataglyphis bombycina sinaitica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. bombycina |
| Subspecies: | C. bombycina sinaitica |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cataglyphis bombycina sinaitica Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Egypt (type locality), Israel.
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.
- sinaitica. Cataglyphis bombycina var. sinaitica Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 173 (s.w.) EGYPT.
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, syntype minor workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Egypt (“Palestine”): Sinai Peninsula, Wady Gazelle, (Phillips Expd. Palestine), 1914 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Cataglyphis (Machaerogenys): Emery, 1925b: 267.
- Subspecies of bombycina: Emery, 1925b: 267; Santschi, 1929b: 60 (in key); Finzi, 1936: 193; Agosti, 1990b: 1484; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39.
- [Status as species: Mohamed, Zalat, et al. 2001: 46 (error); Borowiec, L. 2014: 61 (error).]
- Distribution: Egypt.