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Cataglyphis israelensis
| Cataglyphis israelensis | |
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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. israelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis israelensis Ionescu & Eyer, 2016 ---
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Israel (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- israelensis. Cataglyphis israelensis Ionescu & Eyer, 2016: 114, figs. 4, 7-13, 23-25 (w.q.m.) ISRAEL.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 118 paratype workers, 8 paratype queens, 21 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Israel: Daverat (32°39’14.2’’N, 35°22’39.7’’E), 6.v.2016 (P.-A. Eyer); paratypes: 6 workers with same data, 22 workers Israel: Allon, 20.iii.2011, nos 3-5 (R. Zeltzer), 1 worker, 1 queen, 2 males Israel: Tel Dan, 17.vi.1971 (H. Bytinski-Salz), 7 workers Israel: Agmon haHula, 2012, nos 1, 3 (R. Zeltzer), 30 workers, 5 queens, 12 males Israel: ‘Atlit, 12.iv.2016 (T. Reiner-Brodetzki), + several other small samples.
- Type-depository: TAUI.
- Distribution: Israel.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Daverat, Israel, 32°39′14.20″N 35°22′39.7″E / 32.653944°N 35.377694°E, 6.v.2016, P.-A. Eyer, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University.
- Paratype, 6 workers, Daverat, Israel, 32°39′14.20″N 35°22′39.7″E / 32.653944°N 35.377694°E, 6.v.2016, P.-A. Eyer, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University.
Description
Etymology
This species is named after Israel, its known distribution area.
References
- Brodetzki, T.R., Heftz, A. 2018. Determining social and population structures requires multiple approaches: A case study of the desert ant Cataglyphis israelensis. Ecology and Evolution 8: 12365–12374 (doi:10.1002/ece3.4535).
- Bulter, I. 2020. Hybridization in ants. Ph.D. thesis, Rockefeller University.
- 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).
- 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.