Cataglyphis cinnamomea

Cataglyphis cinnamomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	albicans
Species:	C. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910) Specimen Labels

Identification

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - SI 91.7. This is a deep brown, rather sculptured species with a more rounded narrower petiole compared with Cataglyphis albicans.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Cataglyphis species of Asia

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.966667° to 25.716667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Russian Federation (type locality), 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

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a mutualist for the aphid Myzus persicae (a trophobiont) (Shiran et al., 2013; Saddiqui et al., 2019).

Nomenclature

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

• cinnamomea. Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. cinnamomeus Karavaiev, 1910a: 269 (w.) UZBEKISTAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Uzbekistan: Syr-Darinskaya, vic. railway station (W. Karawajew).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB, SIZK.
  • [Also described as new, as Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. viaticoides var. cinnamomea Karavaiev, 1910b: 37; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1492).]
  • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263;
  • combination in C. (Eomonocombus): Arnol’di, 1968: 1815.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 263.
  • Subspecies of albicans: Santschi, 1929b: 61 (in key).
  • Status as species: Pisarski, 1967: 418; Arnol'di, 1968: 1815; Pisarski, 1970: 324; Dlussky, 1981a: 18; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 150; Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 378; Radchenko, 1997c: 427; Radchenko, 1998: 507 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2010: 32; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 454; Borowiec, L. 2014: 53.
  • Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

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. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385.
• Khalili-Moghadam, A., Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2021. Three new species of Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1009, 1–28 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1009.59205).
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405–474
• Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
• Ghahari H., and C. A. Collingwood. 2013. A study on the ants (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Formicidae) from Western Iran. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 48 (1): 155–164.
• Khamraev A. S. 2003. Soil organisms and entomocomplexes in Khorezm and Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan). ZEF work paper for sustainable development in Central Asia No 6, 71 pages
• Paknia O., and M. Pfeiffer. 2011. Hierarchical partitioning of ant diversity: implications for conservation of biogeographical diversity in arid and semi-arid areas. Diversity and Distributions 17: 122-131.
• Paknia, O., A. G. Radchenko, and M. Pfeiffer. "New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran." Asian Myrmecology 3, no. 29-38 (2010).
• Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
• Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.