Cataglyphis diehlii

Cataglyphis diehlii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	bicolor
Species:	C. diehlii
Binomial name
Cataglyphis diehlii (Forel, 1902) Specimen Labels

Identification

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species and Cataglyphis isis, Cataglyphis laevior, and Cataglyphis flavobrunnea are distinguished from others in the C. bicolor group by the shorter funiculus segments, the high narrow petiole, the long, slit-shaped propodeal spiracle and the extremely flat propodeum of small workers.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.669167° to 20.25°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia.
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Kuwait, Oman.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• diehlii. Myrmecocystus viaticus r. diehlii Forel, 1902g: 462.
  • [First available use of Myrmecocystus viaticus r. desertorum var. diehlii Forel, 1902a: 156 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1489).]
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Biskra (A. Diehl).
  • [Note: Forel, 1902a: 156, cites only material collected by Diehl; Forel, 1902g: 462, also includes material collected by K. Escherich, also at Biskra.]
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
  • Combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis): Forel, 1913d: 434;
  • combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 98; Emery, 1925b: 265;
  • combination in C. (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 51.
  • Subspecies of bicolor: Emery, 1906d: 58; Emery, 1908g: 217; Forel, 1909e: 384 (redescription); Karavaiev, 1912a: 17; Emery, 1925b: 265; Santschi, 1929b: 51; Stitz, 1932b: 737; Bernard, 1953a: 199; Cagniant, 1970c: 30.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1913d: 434; Collingwood, 1985: 287; Wehner, 1986: 108; Agosti, 1990b: 1489; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 378; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 50; Borowiec, L. 2014: 54.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arab. 7: 230-302 (page 287, Raised to species)
• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385.
• Emery, C. 1906f. Rassegna critica delle specie paleartiche del genere Myrmecocystus. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (6)3:47-61 (page 58, Subspecies of bicolor)
• Emery, C. 1912f. Der Wanderzug der Steppen- und Wüstenameisen von Zentral-Asien nach Süd-Europa und Nord-Afrika. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15("Erster Ba Band: 95-104 (page 98, Combination in Cataglyphis)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 265, Combination in Cataglyphis, Subspecies of bicolor)
• Eyer, P.A., Seltzer, R., Reiner-Brodetzki, T., Hefetz, A. 2017. An integrative approach to untangling species delimitation in the Cataglyphis bicolor desert ant complex in Israel. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115, 128–139 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.024).
• Forel, A. 1902i. Fourmis d'Algérie récoltées par M. le Dr. K. Escherich. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 462-463 (page 462, worker, queen, male described)
• Forel, A. 1913d. Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 427-438 (page 434, Combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis), Raised to species)
• 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).
• Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 51, Subspecies of bicolor)
• Wehner, R. 1986. Visuelle Orientierung bei Wüstenameisen: Art- und kastenspezifische Mechanismen. Jahrb. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz 1986: 107-112 (page 108, Raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Barech G., M. Khaldi, F. Zahra Boujelal, and X. Espadaler. 2018. Diversity and structure of the ant fauna of the El Ksob dam in Algeria: new record for Aphaenogaster rupestris Forel, 1909 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S. E. A.) 62: 253-258.
• Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
• 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. 2009. Le genre Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 au Maroc (Hyménoptères Formicidae). Orsis 24: 41-71.
• Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisée des fourmis du Maroc. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 193-200.
• Cagniant, H.. "Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie, récoltées principalement en forêt (Deuxième partie)." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 106 (1970): 28-40.
• Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
• Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
• Emery C. 1906. Rassegna critica delle specie paleartiche del genere Myrmecocystus. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (6)3: 47-61.
• Emery C. 1908. Myrmecocystus viaticus et formes voisines. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44: 213-217.
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• Forel, A.. "Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46 (1902): 147-158.
• Karavaiev V. 1912. Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 1-22.
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• Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.
• Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004