Cataglyphis italica

Cataglyphis italica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	cursor
Species complex:	cursor
Species:	C. italica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis italica (Emery, 1906) Specimen labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy (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.

• italica. Myrmecocystus cursor subsp. italicus Emery, 1906d: 48 (in text), fig. 5 (w.) ITALY.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Italy: Foggia and Lecce (no collectors’ names; perhaps Emery).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
  • Emery, 1914e: 3 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1914e: 2.
  • Subspecies of cursor: Emery, 1914e: 3; Emery, 1916b: 267; Emery, 1925b: 264; Santschi, 1929b: 58 (in key); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 244.
  • Junior synonym of cursor: Bernard, 1967: 281.
  • Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 262, 285 (in key); Agosti, 1990b: 1482; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Poldi, et al. 1995: 9; Petrov, 2006: 110 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 57; Lebas, et al. 2016: 166.
  • Distribution: Italy.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Crete, with keys to species determination and zoogeographical remarks. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum No 12: 5–296 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3738001).
• Salata, S., Demetriou, J., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L. 2023. The ant genus Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Zootaxa, 5264(3), 301–322 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.1).*Schifani, E. (2022). The new checklist of the Italian fauna: Formicidae. Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 37, ucl006 (doi:10.21426/b637155803).

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.
• Emery C. 1916. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47: 79-275.
• Ma Yonglin, Xin Ming, Song Lingying, He Dahan. 2008. A survey of ants(Hymenoptera:Formicidae) species and distribution in Ningxia. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 29(1): 35-38.
• Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2012. Checklist of chinese ants: formicomorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) II. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 30(4): 81-91.
• Xin M., Y. Ma, and D. He. 2011. Fauna composition of Formicidae in Ningxia. Journal of Ningxia University (Natural Science Edition) 32(4): 403-412.