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Cataglyphis emmae
| Cataglyphis emmae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. emmae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis emmae (Forel, 1909)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.249974° 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: Algeria (type locality), Israel.
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.
- emmae. Formica (Proformica) emmae Forel, 1909e: 381 (w.) ALGERIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Algeria: Biskra, 9-19.iii.1909 (A. Forel), Algeria: Fontaine chaud (Hot Spring), nr Biskra, 9-19.iii.1909 (A. Forel).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Délye, 1964a: 21 (q.m.) (reissued in Délye, 1965: 52).
- Combination in Proformica: Emery, 1912f: 103;
- combination in Formica (Paraformica): Forel, 1915b: 95;
- combination in Paraformica: Emery, 1925b: 261;
- combination in Proformica (Paraformica): Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8;
- combination in Cataglyphis (Paraformica): Santschi, 1929b: 30.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 547; Emery, 1925b: 261; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8; Santschi, 1929b: 57 (in key); Bernard, 1953a: 197; Délye, 1964a: 21; Délye, 1965: 52; Collingwood, 1985: 288; Agosti, 1990b: 1486; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 378; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 48; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 454; Borowiec, L. 2014: 54 (see note in bibliography).
- Distribution: Algeria, Israel, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus hoggarensis.
Description
References
- Amor, F., Ortega, P., Jowers, M.J., Cerdá, X., Billen, J., Lenoir, A., Boulay, R.R. 2011. The evolution of worker–queen polymorphism in Cataglyphis ants: interplay between individual- and colony-level selections. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65, 1473–1482 (doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1157-7).
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Délye, G. 1965a. Cataglyphis (Paraformica) emmae Forel sexués et "soldats". Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 70: 52-56 (page 52, queen, male described)
- 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 103, Combination in Proformica)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 261, Combination in Paraformica)
- Forel, A. 1909f. Faune antarctique des fourmis. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 11: 381-382 (page 381, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 95, Combination in Formica (Paraformica))
- Jowers, M.J., Amor, F., Ortega, P., Lenoir, A., Boulay, R.R., Cerdá, X., Galarza, J.A. 2014. Recent speciation and secondary contact in endemic ants. Molecular Ecology 23, 2529–2542 (doi:10.1111/mec.12749).
- Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 30, Combination in Cataglyphis (Paraformica))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 1457-1505.
- 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.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Collingwood C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230-302.
- 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: 405474
- Delye, G., and J. L. Bonaric. "Fourmis du sud Marocain." Etude de certains milieux du Maroc et de leux evolution recente RCP 249 (1973).
- Délye G. 1965. Cataglyphis (Paraformica) emmae Forel sexués et soldats. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 70: 52-56.
- El-Hawagry M. S., M. W. Khalil, M. R. Sharaf, H. H. Fadl, and A. S. Aldawood. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 274: 188. doi:10.3897/zookeys.274.4529
- Gregg R. E. 1969. Geographic distribution of the ant genus Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71: 38-49.
- Sanllorente O., P. Lorite, F. Ruano, T. Palomeque, and A. Tinaut. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships between the slave-making ants Rossomyrmex and their Proformica hosts in relation to other genera of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Zool Syst Evol Res. 1–13.
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.