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Cataglyphis isis
| Cataglyphis isis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species group: | bicolor |
| Species: | C. isis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis isis (Forel, 1913)
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| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 30.1° to 24.385212°.
| 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: Egypt (type locality), Iraq, Israel, Oman.
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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| Worker. Specimen code antweb1008061. Photographer Hans Peter Katzmann, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ULM, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- isis. Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) diehlii var. isis Forel, 1913d: 434.
- [First available use of Myrmecocystus viaticus subsp. diehlii var. isis Forel, 1909e: 385 (in text) (w.) EGYPT; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1489).]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Egypt: Suez (E. Bugnion).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 265.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 265; Santschi, 1929b: 50; Stitz, 1932b: 737; Finzi, 1936: 193.
- Subspecies of diehlii: Pisarski, 1965: 421.
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 288; Kugler, J. 1988: 259; Agosti, 1990b: 1489; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 381; Radchenko, 1997c: 431; Radchenko, 1998: 505 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 454; Borowiec, L. 2014: 56; Ionescu & Eyer, 2016: 121; Sharaf, Wetterer, et al. 2022: 19.
- Senior synonym of protuberata: Radchenko, 1997c: 431; Radchenko, 1998: 505 (in key).
- Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
- protuberata. Cataglyphis bicolor var. protuberata Crawley, 1920b: 177 (w.) IRAQ.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Iraq (“Mesopotamia”): Amara, 1918 (P.A. Buxton).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, OXUM.
- Subspecies of bicolor: Emery, 1925b: 266; Santschi, 1929b: 62 (in key); Pisarski, 1965: 421; Agosti, 1990b: 1487; Bolton, 1995b: 136.
- Junior synonym of isis: Radchenko, 1997c: 431; Radchenko, 1998: 505 (in key).
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arab. 7: 230-302 (page 288, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 265, Combination in Cataglyphis)
- Eyer, P.A., Seltzer, R., Reiner‐Brodetzki, T., Hefetz, A. 2017. An integrative approach to untangling species delimitation in the Cataglyphis bicolor desert ant complex in Israel. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 128–139 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.024).
- Forel, A. 1913d. Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 427-438 (page 434, worker described)
- Ionescu, A., Eyer, P.-A. 2016. Notes on Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 of the bicolor species-group in Israel, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 46: 109-131.
- Khalili-Moghadam, A., Oraie, H. 2023. New data on Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9(3), 439–447 (doi:10.52547/jibs.9.3.439).
- Khalili-Moghadam, A., Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2021. Three new species of Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1009, 1–28 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1009.59205).
- Pisarski, B. 1965. Les fourmis du genre Cataglyphis Foerst. en Irak (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. Sér. Biol. 13: 417-422 (page 421, Subspecies of diehlii)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997a [1996]. Key to ants of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asian Palaearctics. Entomol. Rev. (Birm.) 76: 430-437 (page 431, Senior synonym of protuberata)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1998a. A key to the ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr. 77: 502-508 (page 505, Senior synonym of protuberata)
- Sharaf, M. R., Wetterer, J. K., Mohamed, A. A., Aldawood, A. S. 2022. Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography. European Journal of Taxonomy 838: 1-106 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 1457-1505.
- Agosti, D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymentopera: Formicidae) . Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- 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
- Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
- Crawley W. C. 1920. Ants from Mesopotamia and north-west Persia (concluded). Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 32: 177-179.
- Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
- Pisarski B. 1965. Les fourmis du genre Cataglyphis Foerst. en Irak (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences. Série des Sciences Biologiques 13: 417-422.
- 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.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.
- Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004
- Stitz H. 1932. Formicidae der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl.-Bd. 9(Tropische Binnengewässer 2 2: 733-737
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.