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Cataglyphis urens
| Cataglyphis urens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. urens |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985
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This bright red species with the high-raised propodeum has so far only been taken in the south and south-west of the Arabian Peninsula below 25°30'N and is not known from outside Arabia. The specimens along the Arabian Gulf coast in the United Arab Emirates have sometimes some variation of propodeal height within one single nest. (Collingwood and Agosti 1996)
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 25.666667° to 22.2175°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Oman (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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- urens. Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985: 290, fig. 82 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN.
- Type-material: syntype workers (numbers not stated).
- [Note: Collingwood does not nominate a holotype, nor does he designate a single type-locality or depository.]
- Type-localities: Saudi Arabia: Wadi Shugub Turabah, 6.iv.1980 (W. Büttiker), Saudi Arabia: Wadi Dawasir desert, 24.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Al Kharfah desert, 24.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Hofuf tamarisk park, 13.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Sulaiel desert, 11.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Hair desert, 18.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), 1 worker Oman: Mugsin Dhofar, 20.ix.1979 (R.P. Whitcombe).
- Type-depository: unknown (perhaps NHMB or WMLC).
- [Note: in this publication much type-material was referred to NHMB but was apparently never deposited there.]
- Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1486; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 383; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 464; Borowiec, L. 2014: 61; Sharaf, Wetterer, et al. 2022: 25.
- Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
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.
- Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arab. 7: 230-302 (page 290, worker, male described)
- Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385.
- 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
- 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.
- Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.
- 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