Cataglyphis longipedem

Cataglyphis longipedem
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	bicolor
Species:	C. longipedem
Binomial name
Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841) Specimen Labels

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a forest with moderate rainfall.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 43.82° to 32.474167°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India.
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0249882. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• longipedem. Formica longipedem Eichwald, 1841: 224 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: “Habitat in arenosis Krasnowodskiensibus”. (Krasnovodsk (= Türkmenbaşy)).
  • Type-depository: unknown (Radchenko, 1997c: 435).
  • [Note: Eichwald’s name does not appear in Horn & Kahle, 1935, 1937.]
  • Combination in Myrmecocystus: Kolossov, 1932: 118;
  • combination in Cataglyphis: Donisthorpe, 1941k: 240.
  • [Misspelled as longipedum by Donisthorpe, 1941k: 240.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Donisthorpe, 1941k: 240.
  • Status as species: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 27.
  • Synonym of turcomanica: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Agosti, 1990b: 1490.
  • [Note: Kolossov, and Agosti, give turcomanica as senior synonym, but longipedem has priority.]
  • Senior synonym of turcomanica: Bolton, 1995b: 136.
  • Synonym of setipes: Radchenko, 1997c: 435.
  • [Note: Radchenko gives setipes as senior synonym, but longipedem has priority.]
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Cataglyphis: Wachkoo & Bharti, 2015a: 2 (in text; attributed to Radchenko & Tinaut, which has not been published).
  • Distribution: India, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Type Material

Pashaei Rad et al., (2018): Type location Turkmenistan (Eichwald gave Krasnowodsk, or Krasnovodsk, but now Türkmenbaşy, which once was in Russia).

References

• Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1490, Senior synonym of turcomanica)
• Eichwald, E. 1841. Fauna Caspio-Caucasia nonnullis observationibus novis. Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 7: 1-290 (page 224, worker described)
• 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).
• 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).
• Kolossov, J. 1932. Synonymische u. systematische Bemerkungen über palaearctische Insekten. Entomol. Nachrichtenbl. Troppau 6: 115-118 (page 118, Senior synonym of turcomanica)
• Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
• Pielström, S., Roces, F. 2013. Sequential soil transport and its influence on the spatial organisation of collective digging in leaf-cutting ants. PLoS ONE 8, e57040. (doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0057040).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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