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Cataglyphis lutea
| Cataglyphis lutea | |
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| 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
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.
- lutea. Cataglyphis albicans subsp. lutea Weber, 1952c: 25.
- [First available use of Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. viaticoides var. lutea Emery, 1906d: 53 (w.) IRAN; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1491).]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Iran (“Persia”): (no further data) (G. Doria).
- [Note: Salata, Kiyani, et al. 2021: 128, give type-locality as Iran: Shiraz.]
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Crawley, 1920b: 177; Emery, 1925b: 263; Santschi, 1929b: 62 (in key).
- Subspecies of livida: Pisarski, 1965: 420; Pisarski, 1967: 418; Pisarski, 1970: 324; Agosti, 1990b: 1494; Bolton, 1995b: 136.
- Junior synonym of livida: Radchenko, 1997c: 428.
- Status as species: Salata, Kiyani, et al. 2021: 128.
- Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia.
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).
Description
References
- Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425 (page 418, worker described)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997e. Review of ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr. 76: 424-442 (page 428, Junior synonym of lividus)
- Salata, S., Kiyani, H., Minaei, K., Borowiec, L. 2021. Taxonomic review of the Cataglyphis livida complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a description of a new species from Iran. ZooKeys 1010, 117–131 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1010.58348).