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Cataglyphis cana
| Cataglyphis cana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. cana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis cana Santschi, 1925
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 40.675556° to 31.5°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.
- cana. Cataglyphis albicans var. cana Santschi, 1925g: 356.
- [First available use of Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. vaucheri var. cana Emery, 1906d: 54 (w.) MOROCCO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1492).]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Morocco: Marrakech (H. Vaucher).
- Type-depositories: MSNG, NHMB.
- Cagniant, 2009: 58 (q.m.).
- Combination in C. (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 38.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 263.
- Subspecies of albicans: Santschi, 1929b: 38.
- Subspecies of vaucheri: Tinaut & Plaza, 1990: 194.
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1978: 73, 92 (in key); Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 58; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 454; Borowiec, L. 2014: 53.
- Distribution: Morocco, Spain, United Arab Emirates.
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.
- Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 52: 65-95 (page 73, Raised to species)
- Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 1: 339-360 (page 356, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 38, Variety of albicans)
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.
- Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
- Collingwood, C. A.. "A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste." EOS (Revista española de entomología) Nº LVII (1978): 65-95.
- Santschi F. 1925. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espéces paléartiques EOS (Revista española de entomología) 1: 339-360.
- Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.