Cataglyphis takyrica

Cataglyphis takyrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. takyrica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis takyrica Dlussky, 1990

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Cataglyphis species of Asia

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Turkmenistan (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• takyrica. Cataglyphis takyrica Dlussky, in Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 155, fig. 45 (w.q.) TURKMENISTAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype major workers, 4 paratype minor workers, 1 paratype queen.
  • Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: Karrykul, 70 km. N Bezmeina, Karakumy, 7.iv.1985, no. 70-58 (G.M. Dlussky); paratypes: 8 major workers, 4 minor workers, 1 queen with same data, 2 major workers Turkmenistan: Kizyl-Arvat, western Kopetdag, 13.v.1985 (S.I. Zabelin).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 137; Radchenko, 1997c: 438; Radchenko, 1998: 503 (in key).
  • Distribution: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.