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Cataglyphis mauritanica
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. mauritanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis mauritanica (Emery, 1906)
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| At a Glance | • Brachypterous Queen |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.833333° to 31.633333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Knaden & Wehner (2006) observed colony fission events. Workers left their nest and excavated a new nest about 30 m away from the natal nest. Four dealated queens were waiting at the natal nest entrance. After about 4 hours of digging, a worker carried a queen to the new nest, while the remaining three queens remained in the old nest. Dispersal by DCF is consistent with the brachypterous nature of queen (Peeters & Aron 2017).
Colonies have about 1500 workers (range 200-3000) (N=60 colonies) (A. Kuhn, unpublished data)
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- mauritanica. Myrmecocystus viaticus subsp. mauritanicus Emery, 1906d: 56 (in text), 57 (caption), figs. 23-26 (w.m.) TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
- Type-localities: Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco (no further data).
- Type-depositories: DAPC, MSNG.
- Santschi, 1929b: 31 (q.).
- Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 98;
- combination in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 29.
- Subspecies of viatica: Emery, 1908g: 216; Emery, 1925b: 266; Santschi, 1929b: 31; Santschi, 1939c: 5; Cagniant, 1964: 93.
- Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1483; Wehner, et al. 1994: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Cagniant, 2009: 48; Borowiec, L. 2014: 58 (see note in bibliography).
- Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus occidentalis, tonsilis.
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.
- Dahbi, A., Hefetz, A., Lenoir, A. 2008. Chemotaxonomy of some Cataglyphis ants from Morocco and Burkina Faso. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 36, 564–572 (doi:10.1016/j.bse.2008.03.004).
- Darras, H., Kuhn, A., Aron, S. 2019. Evolution of hybridogenetic lineages in Cataglyphis ants. Molecular Ecology 28, 3073–3088 (doi:10.1111/mec.15116).
- Jacobs, S. 2020. Population genetic and behavioral aspects of male mating monopolies in Cardiocondyla venustula (Ph.D. thesis).
- Knaden M, Wehner R. 2006. Fundamental difference in life history traits of two species of Cataglyphis ants. Frontiers in Zoology 3: 21.
- Peeters C & Aron S (2017) Evolutionary reduction of female dispersal in Cataglyphis desert ants. Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 122: 58–70.*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).
- Trible, W., Kronauer, D.J.C. 2021. Hourglass model for developmental evolution of ant castes. Trends in Ecology, Evolution 36, 100–103 (doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.11.010).
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.
- Cagniant H. 2009. Le genre Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 au Maroc (Hyménoptères Formicidae). Orsis 24: 41-71.
- Cagniant, H.. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
- Cagniant, H.. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
- Emery C. 1906. Rassegna critica delle specie paleartiche del genere Myrmecocystus. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (6)3: 47-61.
- Emery C. 1908. Myrmecocystus viaticus et formes voisines. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44: 213-217.
- Galkowski C., C. Lebas, P. Wegnez, A. Lenoir, and R. Blatrix. 2017. Redescription of Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using an integrative approach. European Journal of Taxonomy 290: 1–40.
- Santschi, F. 1929. Etude sur les Cataglyphis. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36: 25-70.
- Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.
- Wehner R., S. Wehner, and D. Agosti. 1994. Patterns of biogeographic distribution within the bicolor species group of the North African desert ant, Cataglyphis Foerster 1850 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Senckenb. Biol. 74: 163-191.