Cataglyphis machmal
Cataglyphis machmal | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Cataglyphis |
Species: | C. machmal |
Binomial name | |
Cataglyphis machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia (type locality), Türkiye.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- machmal. Cataglyphis machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991: 73, figs. 3-5 (w.) ARMENIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 15 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Armenia: Abovyansk, slopes of Mt Adis, 7.vi.1988, no. 118-88 (A.G. Radchenko & G. Arakelian).
- Type-depositories: SIZK (holotype); NHMY, SIZK (paratypes).
- [Misspelled as mechmal by Radchenko, 1997c: 433.]
- Status as species: Arakelian, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1998: 505 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 58; Kiran & Karaman, 2020: 292.
- Distribution: Armenia, Turkey.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- Radchenko, A. G.; Arakelian, G. R. 1991. New ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Armenia. Vestn. Zool. 5: 72-75. (page 73, figs. 3-5 worker described)
- 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).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.