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Cataglyphis elegantissima
| Cataglyphis elegantissima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species group: | albicans |
| Species: | C. elegantissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis elegantissima Arnol'di, 1968 | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Turkmenistan (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.
- elegantissima. Cataglyphis (Eomonocombus) elegantissima Arnol'di, 1968: 1815, figs. 13, 14 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 23 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: central Kopet Dag, Shakh-Shakh upper plateau (2500 m.), 15-16.viii.1935, no. 6549 (L.V. Arnol’di); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: ZMUM (holotype); SIZK, ZMUM (paratypes).
- [Misspelled as eiegantissima by Arnol’di, on same page.]
- Status as species: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Agosti, 1990b: 1494; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Radchenko, 1997c: 427; Radchenko, 1998: 507 (in key).
- Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan.
Description
References
- 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).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 1457-1505.
- Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
- 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.