Cataglyphis gracilens

Cataglyphis gracilens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. gracilens
Binomial name
Cataglyphis gracilens Santschi, 1929

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (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.

Nomenclature

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

• gracilens. Cataglyphis gracilens Santschi, 1929b: 65.
  • [First available use of Myrmecocystus altisquamis subsp. foreli var. gracilens Ruzsky, 1905b: 439 (w.) TURKMENISTAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1483).]
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Turkmenistan (“Zakasniuskaya obl.”): Dort-kuyu station, 19.v.1889 (A.P. Semenov).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1906d: 56; Emery, 1908g: 216; Emery, 1925b: 264; Santschi, 1929b: 54.
  • Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1483; Bolton, 1995b: 135.
  • Distribution: Turkmenistan.

References

• Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 65, worker described)