Cataglyphis emeryi

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

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a village in a moderate rainfall, montane area.

Identification

A member of the C. pallida-group as defined by Agosti (1990).

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.95° to 33.9691°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Nepal.
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a mutualist for the aphid Cinara palaestinesis (a trophobiont) (Latibari et al., 2016; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
  • This species is a mutualist for the aphid Cinara pini (a trophobiont) (Latibari et al., 2016; Saddiqui et al., 2019).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Cataglyphis emeryi. Worker. Specimen code casent0912192. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Cataglyphis karavaiewi. Worker. Specimen code casent0912193. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • emeryi. Myrmecocystus emeryi Karavaiev, 1910b: 34, figs. 11-13 (w.q.m.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • [Note: Kostyuk, 1976: 104, cites 15w syntypes SIZK.]
    • Type-locality: Turkmenistan: vic. Ashgabat, 1907, no. 1714 (W. Karawajew), vic. Ashgabat, nr mill of Borodin, 30.iv.1908, no. 1801 (W. Karawajew).
    • Type-depository: SIZK.
    • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 103;
    • combination in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 37.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 264; Santschi, 1929b: 37; Collingwood, 1961a: 67; Collingwood, 1961b: 289; Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Agosti, 1990b: 1484; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Radchenko, 1997c: 439; Radchenko, 1998: 502 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2008: 154; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30; Borowiec, L. 2014: 54; Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2015: 107 (in key).
    • Senior synonym of abdominalis: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
    • Senior synonym of deserta: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
    • Senior synonym of karavaiewi: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
    • Senior synonym of pilosulus: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
    • Distribution: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
  • abdominalis. Cataglyphis (Monocombus) emeryi var. abdominalis Santschi, 1929b: 37 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”).
    • Type-locality: Turkmenistan: Ashgabat (W. Karawaiew).
    • Type-depository: unknown (not in NHMB (Agosti, 1990b: 1484), not in SIZK (Radchenko, 1997c: 439)).
    • Subspecies of emeryi: Agosti, 1990b: 1484; Bolton, 1995b: 134.
    • Junior synonym of emeryi: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
  • deserta. Proformica deserta Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 73, figs. 12-15 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Turkmenistan: Utsh-Adzhi, nr railway station, W Amu-Darya (N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
    • Type-depository: SIZK (perhaps also ZMUM).
    • Collingwood, 1961a: 67 (m.); Collingwood, 1962: 222 (q.).
    • Status as species: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 14; Collingwood, 1961a: 67; Collingwood, 1961b: 289; Collingwood, 1962: 222.
    • Junior synonym of emeryi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
  • karavaiewi. Cataglyphis karavaiewi Santschi, 1925g: 354 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Turkmenistan (“Transcaspia”): Ashgabat (W. Karavaiew) (received from Karavaiev).
    • Type-depository: NHMB (perhaps also SIZK).
    • [Misspelled as karawaiewi by Santschi, 1929b: 37, Agosti, 1990b: 1484.]
    • Subspecies of emeryi: Santschi, 1929b: 37; Agosti, 1990b: 1484; Bolton, 1995b: 136.
    • Junior synonym of emeryi: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
  • pilosulus. Cataglyphis pilosulus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 71, figs. 1-5 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Turkmenistan: Ashgabat, 25.iv.1923 (N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Turkmenistan: Bagir, nr Ashgabat, 27.iv.1923 (N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
    • Type-depository: unknown (syntypes lost) (Radchenko, 1997c: 439).
    • [Misspelled as pilosus by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1929b: 37.
    • Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1484.
    • Junior synonym of emeryi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997c: 439.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 1457-1505.
  • Collingwood C. A. 1961. Ergebnisse der Deutschen Afghanistan-Expedition 1956 der Landessammlungen für Naturkunde Karlsruhe. Formicidae (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Beiträge zur Naturkundlichen Forschung in Südwestdeutschland 19: 289-290.
  • Collingwood C. A. 1961. The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 123: 51-79.
  • Collingwood, C. A.. "The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan." Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 123 (1961): 51-79.
  • Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
  • Karavaiev V. 1911. Ameisen aus Transkaspien und Turkestan. Tr. Rus. Entomol. Obshch. 39: 1-72.
  • 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
  • Kuznetsov G. T. 1990. Comparative analysis of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) population on altitudinal zones of central Kopetdag. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(3): 64-67.
  • Kuznetsov-Ugamsky N. N. 1926. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:71-77.
  • Mokrousov M. V., and V.A. Zryanin. 2015. Materials on the early spring wasps and ants fauna of Uzbekistan (Hymenoptera: Vespomorpha: Chrysidoidea, Scolioidea, Pompiloidea, Vespoidea, Apoidea [Spheciformes], Formicoidea). Entomological research Russia and its neighboring regions 5: 36–48.
  • Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
  • Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.
  • Pisarski B. 1964. Fauna Mrowek Afganistanu. Bibliogr. k. 160-166, Nieoprawiony maszynopis pracy, Praca doktorska. Instytut Zoologiczny PAN, 1964, Bibliogr. p. 160-166
  • Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
  • Santschi F. 1925. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espéces paléartiques EOS (Revista española de entomología) 1: 339-360.
  • Santschi, F.. "Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espéces paléartiques." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 1 (1925): 339-360.
  • Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.
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