Cataglyphis lutea

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Cataglyphis lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species group: albicans
Species complex: livida
Species: C. lutea
Binomial name
Cataglyphis lutea
Pisarski, 1967

Identification

Salata et al. (2021) - Whole body yellow, only gaster sometimes with indistinctly infuscated apex; body never with a layer of silvery hair.

Distribution

Salata et al. (2021) - Species known from Arabian Peninsula east to Afghanistan.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia.
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran (type locality), Iraq.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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Nomenclature

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

  • lutea. Cataglyphis livida subsp. lutea Pisarski, 1967: 418 (w.) IRAN.
    • [First available use of Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. viaticoides var. lutea Emery, 1906d: 53; unavailable name.]
    • Junior synonym of livida: Radchenko, 1997c: 428.
    • Status as species: Salata et al., 2021: 128.

Taxonomic Notes

Salata et al. (2021) - Cataglyphis lutea was described from Shiraz, Fars Province in Iran as an unavailable quadrinominal name (Emery 1906), later validated by Pisarski (1967) as a subspecies of Cataglyphis livida, and finally considered as its junior synonym (Radchenko 1997). A study on type specimen revealed that C. lutea distinctly differs from C. livida in lack of a layer of silvery hair on mesosoma, and its distribution does not overlap with confirmed records of C. livida. Thus, we decided to raise it to the species status. AntCat resources indicated that, except type locality, C. lutea is also known from Aran va Bidgol, Maranjab, Iran (CDA000106) and Saudi Arabia (CASENT0906455).

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