Cataglyphis emeryi

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a village in a moderate rainfall, montane area.

Identification
A member of the C. pallida-group as defined by Agosti (1990).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  emeryi. Myrmecocystus emeryi Karavaiev, 1910b: 34, figs. 11-13 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 103; in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 30. Senior synonym of deserta, pilosulus: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; of abdominalis, karavaiewi: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
 * karavaiewi. Cataglyphis karavaiewi Santschi, 1925g: 354 (w.) RUSSIA. Subspecies of emeryi: Santschi, 1929b: 37. Junior synonym of emeryi: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.
 * deserta. Proformica deserta Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 73, figs. 12-15 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Collingwood, 1961a: 67 (m.); Collingwood, 1962: 222 (q.). Junior synonym of emeryi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151.
 * pilosulus. Cataglyphis pilosulus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 71, figs. 1-5 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Junior synonym of emeryi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151.
 * abdominalis. Cataglyphis (Monocombus) emeryi var. abdominalis Santschi, 1929b: 37 (w.) TURKMENIA. Junior synonym of emeryi: Radchenko, 1997c: 439.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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