Cataglyphis gadeai

Cataglyphis gadeai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. gadeai
Binomial name
	Cataglyphis gadeai; De Haro & Collingwood, 2003

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.726667° to 36.730417°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: 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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

gadeai. Cataglyphis gadeai De Haro & Collingwood, 2003: 21, figs. 1-12 (w.q.m.) SPAIN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queen(s), paratype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Spain: Almería, Cabo de Gata, Las Salinas (no collector’s name; probably A. De Haro); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: UABC (holotype); MCNB, UABC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 55; Lebas, et al. 2016: 160.
- Distribution: Spain.

Description

De Haro and Collingwood 2003, page 21.

De Haro and Collingwood 2003, page 22.

De Haro and Collingwood 2003, page 23.

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, A.; Collingwood, C. A. 2001. Cataglyphis sp. (Hym. Formicidae), nueva especie del grupo albicans de color negro del Cabo de Gata (Almeria), Espana. Orsis (Org. Sist.) 16: 89-92 (page 89, notes on this species)
de Haro, Andres and Collingwood, Cedric A. 2003. Cataglyphis gadeai sp. nov. (Hym. Formicidae), del grupo albicans de color negro del Cabo de Gata (Almeria), SE de Espana. ORSIS 18: 19-27. (page 21, fig. 1-12; worker, queen, male described)

Tinaut, A., Ruano, F. 2021. Biogeography of Iberian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 13, 88. (doi:10.3390/d13020088).

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.
Reyes-López J., S. Carpintero-Ortega, and E. Retamoza-Muñoz. 2010. Adiciones a la relación de especies de hormigas (Hym., Formicidae) del Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata- Níjar (Almería, España) Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 34: 67-76.
Tinaut A., O. Mira, J. M. Vidal, and A. Aguirre-Segura. 2009. The ants of Cabo de Gata (Almería). Faunistics aspects (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 33 (1-2): 227-251.
de Haro, Andrés, and C. A. Collingwood. "Cataglyphis gadeai sp. nov. (Hym. Formicidae), del grupo albicans de color negro del Cabo de Gata (Almería), SE de España." Orsis 18 (2003): 19-27.
del Campo Gracia P., M. D. Martinez Ibanez, A. Tinaut, and S. Montagud Alario. 2014. Faunistic study of the Formicidae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Comunitat Valenciana (Spain). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 38 (1-2): 33-65.