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Cataglyphis gaetula
| Cataglyphis gaetula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. gaetula |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis gaetula Santschi, 1929
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 33.272222° to 32.249974°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Cataglyphis gaetula. Worker. Specimen code casent0912201. 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.
- gaetula. Cataglyphis (Monocombus) gaetula Santschi, 1929b: 33, figs. 20, 22, 29 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Morocco: Bir Rechid (A. Thiéry).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1483; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Cagniant, 2009: 48; Borowiec, L. 2014: 55.
- Distribution: Morocco.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.