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Cataglyphis sabulosa
| Cataglyphis sabulosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. sabulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, J., 1981
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.066667° to 22.2175°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Israel (type locality), Oman.
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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sabulosa. Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, J. 1981: 84, figs. 1-13 (w.q.m.) ISRAEL.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 75 paratype workers, 13 paratype queens, 19 paratype males.
- Type-locality: Israel: Ashdod, 26.v.1981 (J. Kugler); paratypes: 22 workers, 10 queens, 7 males with same data, 10 workers Israel: Ziqim, 28.iv.1981 (J. Kugler), 7 workers, 6 males Israel: Holon, 29.v.1959, 5.v.1980 and 7.vii.1980 (J. Kugler), 3 workers Holon, 4.v.1978 (A. Freidburg), 2 workers Holon, 19.vi.1979 (E. Avital), 6 workers Israel: Tel Aviv, 10.vii.1980 (J. Kugler), 24 workers, 3 queens, 6 males Israel: Timna, 29.iv.1976, 26.iii.1978, 25.ii.1980 and 27.iv.1981 (B. Shalmon), 1 worker Egypt: Sinai, Nahal Yam, nr Bardawil, 1.ii.1973 (A. Freidburg).
- Type-depositories: TAUI (holotype); BMNH, TAUI (paratypes).
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 291; Kugler, J. 1988: 259; Agosti, 1990b: 1485; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 382; Radchenko, 1997c: 436; Radchenko, 1998: 502 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 462; Borowiec, L. 2014: 60; Sharaf, Wetterer, et al. 2022: 21.
- Distribution: Egypt, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
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.
- Sharaf, M. R., Wetterer, J. K., Mohamed, A. A., Aldawood, A. S. 2022. Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography. European Journal of Taxonomy 838: 1-106 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925).
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.
- Collingwood C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230-302.
- Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
- Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405474
- Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
- Collingwood, C. A.. "Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7 (1985): 230-302.
- Heatwole H. 1991. The ant assemblages of a sand-dune desert in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Arid Environments 21: 71-79.
- Kugler, J.. "A new species of Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Israel and Sinai." Israel Journal of Entomology 15 (1981): 83-88.
- Orabi G. M., F. M. Semida, M. S. Abdel-Dayem, M. R. Sharaf, and S. M. Zalat. 2011. Diversity patterns of ants along an elevation gradient at St. Catherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoology in the Middle East 54(1): 101-112.
- Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
- Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.
- Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004
- Tigar B. J., and C. A. Collingwood. 1993. A preliminary list of ant records from Abu Dhabi Emirate, U.A.E. Tribulus 3(2): 13-14.
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.