Cataglyphis turcomanica

Cataglyphis turcomanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. turcomanica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis turcomanica Crawley, 1920

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on parkland ground in a moderate rainfall area.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran, Turkmenistan.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• turcomanica. Cataglyphis bicolor var. turcomanica Crawley, 1920b: 177.
  • [First available use of Myrmecocystus viaticus subsp. desertorum var. turcomanica Emery, 1898c: 147 (w.) TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, CAUCASUS; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Bolton, 1995b: 137).]
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Turkmenistan: Merv (J. Sahlberg), Uzbekistan: Samarkand (J. Sahlberg), Iran (“N Persia”): (no further data) (Christoph), Russia: Derbent (Dagestan) (Christoph), Caucasus: (no further data) (O. Schneider).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
  • [Misspelled as turkemanicus by Kolossov, 1932: 118.]
  • Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 266.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1904b: 382; Ruzsky, 1905b: 432; Emery, 1906d: 58; Emery, 1908g: 217; Karavaiev, 1910b: 39; Karavaiev, 1912b: 591; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923: 247; Ruzsky, 1923: 2; Emery, 1925b: 266; Santschi, 1929b: 49; Weber, 1943c: 343 (in list); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 132 (error).
  • Subspecies of setipes: Arnol'di, 1964: 1804; Pisarski, 1967: 418; Pisarski, 1970: 324; Tarbinsky, 1976: 199 (redescription).
  • Synonym of longipedem: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Agosti, 1990b: 1490.
  • [Note: Kolossov, and Agosti, give turcomanica as senior synonym, but longipedem has priority.]
  • Junior synonym of setipes: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 155; Radchenko, 1997c: 435.
  • Status as species: Pashaei Rad et al., 2018: 5.

Taxonomic Notes

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018): Type location Turkmenistan (as Myrmecocystus viaticus, F. subsp. desertorum For. var. turcomanica, Emery, 1898; name as Cataglyphis bicolor F., var. turcomanica Em. by Crawley, 1920b). Agosti (1990) listed this as Cataglyphis turcomanica (Emery). No type images. Drawings by Santschi (1929).

Note that Bolton (in his unpublished An online catalogue of the ants of the world, 15 Feb. 2020) does not recognise the species status proposed by Pashaei Rad et al. (2018), noting that "the entries in this publication are omitted from the catalogue as it contains numerous nomenclatural errors; it also ignores previous taxonomic decisions, and entirely fails to apply ICZN rules that govern the availability of names in the species-group." Additionally, it should be noted that Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) provide no evidence to support their treatment of this name as representing a distinct species.

References

• Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505.
• Arnol'di, K. V. 1964. Higher and specialized representatives of the ant genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 43:1800-1815.
• Crawley, W. C. 1920b. Ants from Mesopotamia and north-west Persia (concluded). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 32:177-179.
• Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
• Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 20:124-151.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
• Kolossov, J. 1932. Synonymische u. systematische Bemerkungen über palaearctische Insekten. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 6:115-118.
• Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
• Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 24:375-425.
• Radchenko, A. G. 1997E. Review of ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. [In Russian.]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 76:424-442.