Cataglyphis douwesi

Cataglyphis douwesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. douwesi
Binomial name
Cataglyphis douwesi De Haro & Collingwood, 2000

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Spain (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.

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.

• douwesi. Cataglyphis douwesi De Haro & Collingwood, 2000: 59, figs. 1, 3, 5-7, 9-15 (w.q.m.) SPAIN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 2 syntype queens, syntype males (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: workers, males Spain: Cádiz, vic. Tahibilla, on the road Tarifa-Vejer de la Frontera, Hostel los Carpinteros (no collector’s name; probably A. de Haro), queens Spain: Cádiz, sandy areas of Punta Palomas (no collector’s name; probably A. de Haro).
  • Type-depositories: MCNB, UABC.
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 54; Lebas, et al. 2016: 160.
  • Distribution: Spain.

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).
• de Haro, Andres ; Collingwood, Cedric A. 2000. Cataglyphis douwesi sp. nov., del grupo albicans de color negro de Cadiz, en la costa suratlantica de la Peninsula Iberica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ORSIS 15: 57-67.

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.