Checklist of Cataglyphis species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Cataglyphis. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Cataglyphis species and for distribution information see Cataglyphis species by Country.

A
abyssinica (Forel, 1904) (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Israel, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

adenensis (Forel, 1904) (Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

adenensis bugnioni Santschi, 1929 (Egypt)

aenescens (Nylander, 1849) (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine)

• Cataglyphis aenescens aterrima Pisarski, 1967

• Cataglyphis aenescens chatkalensis Tarbinsky, 1976

• Cataglyphis aenescens georgica Arnoldi, 1968

• Myrmecocystus altisquamis jakobsoni Ruzsky, 1905

• Myrmecocystus cursor caspius Ruzsky, 1902

• Myrmecocystus cursor rockingeri Forel, 1911

• Myrmecocystus cursor tancrei Forel, 1901

agostii Sharaf, 2007 (Egypt)

albicans (Roger, 1859) (Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Canary Islands, Greece, Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey)

• Cataglyphis albicans armena Arnoldi, 1964

albicans fezzanensis Bernard, 1948 (Algeria)

albicans franchettii Menozzi, 1931 (Ethiopia)

albicans kairuana Santschi, 1912 (Tunisia)

albicans opaca Santschi, 1912 (Tunisia)

albicans targuia Santschi, 1929 (Algeria)

alibabae Pisarski, 1965 (Iran, Iraq)

altisquamis (André, 1881) (Iran, Israel, Syria)

arenaria Finzi, 1940 (Algeria, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

argentata (Radoszkowsky, 1876) (Egypt)

asiriensis Collingwood, 1985 (Saudi Arabia)

aurata Menozzi, 1932 (Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates)

B
bazoftensis Khalili-Moghadam, Salata & Borowiec, 2021 (Iran)

bellicosa (Karavaiev, 1924) (Azerbaijan, Iran)

bergiana Arnoldi, 1964 (Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan)

• Cataglyphis karakalensis Arnoldi, 1964

bicolor (Fabricius, 1793) (Algeria, Canary Islands, Eritrea)

• Cataglyphis fairmairei Foerster, 1850

• Formica megalocola Foerster, 1850

• Myrmecocystus albicans rotundinodis Karavaiev, 1912

bicolor adusta Santschi, 1929 (Tunisia)

bicolor basalis Santschi, 1929 (Algeria)

bicolor congolensis (Stitz, 1916) (Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal)

bicolor pubens Santschi, 1929 (Morocco)

bicolor seticornis (Emery, 1906) (Ghana, Ivory Coast)

bicolor sudanica (Karavaiev, 1912) (Sudan)

bicoloripes Walker, 1871 (Egypt)

bombycina (Roger, 1859) (Algeria, Israel, Libya, Mali, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia)

• Camponotus phaeogaster Walker, 1871

• Myrmecocystus lameerei Forel, 1902

• Myrmecocystus lucasi Emery, 1898

bombycina bruneipes (Santschi, 1911) (Tunisia)

bombycina sinaitica Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916 (Egypt, Israel)

bucharica Emery, 1925 (Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan)

C
cana Santschi, 1925 (Morocco, United Arab Emirates)

cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910) (Afghanistan, Iran, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates)

cretica (Forel, 1910) (Greece)

cubica (Forel, 1903) (Morocco)

cugiai Menozzi, 1939 (India, Iran, Pakistan)

cuneinodis Arnoldi, 1964 (Azerbaijan, Iran)

cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846) (France)

D
dejdaranensis Khalili-Moghadam, Salata & Borowiec, 2021 (Iran)

diehlii (Forel, 1902) (Algeria, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia)

douwesi De Haro & Collingwood, 2000 (Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

E
elegantissima Arnoldi, 1968 (Turkmenistan)

emeryi (Karavaiev, 1910) (Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan)

• Cataglyphis emeryi abdominalis Santschi, 1929

• Cataglyphis karavaiewi Santschi, 1925

• Cataglyphis pilosulus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

• Proformica deserta Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

emmae (Forel, 1909) (Algeria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

emmae hoggarensis Santschi, 1929 (Algeria)

espadaleri Cagniant, 2009 (Morocco)

F
fici Salata, Kiyani, Minaei & Borowiec, 2021 (Iran)

fisheri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2015 (United Arab Emirates)

flavitibia Chang & He, 2002 (China)

flavobrunnea Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

floricola Tinaut, 1993 (Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

foreli (Ruzsky, 1903) (Iran, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan)

fortis (Forel, 1902) (Algeria, Iraq)

• Cataglyphis halophila Bernard, 1954

fossilis Cagniant, 2009 (Morocco)

frigida (André, 1881) (Israel, Syria, Turkey)

frigida persica (Emery, 1906) (Iran)

fritillariae Khalili-Moghadam, Salata & Borowiec, 2021 (Iran)

G
gadeai De Haro & Collingwood, 2003 (Spain)

gaetula Santschi, 1929 (Morocco)

glabilabia Chang & He, 2002 (China)

gracilens Santschi, 1929 (Russian Federation)

H
hannae Agosti, 1994 (Tunisia)

harteni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Yemen)

helanensis Chang & He, 2002 (China)

hellenica (Forel, 1886) (Greece)

hispanica (Emery, 1906) (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain)

• Cataglyphis hispanica nigroides Santschi, 1929

holgerseni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia)

humeya Tinaut, 1991 (Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

I
iberica (Emery, 1906) (Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Spain)

indica Pisarski, 1961 (India)

isis (Forel, 1913) (Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

• Cataglyphis bicolor protuberata Crawley, 1920

israelensis Ionescu & Eyer, 2016 (Israel)

italica (Emery, 1906) (Italy)

K
kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965 (Iran, Iraq, Turkey)

L
laevior Emery, 1925 (Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates)

livida (André, 1881) (Bulgaria, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates)

longipedem (Eichwald, 1841) (Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan)

lunatica Baroni Urbani, 1969 (Turkey)

lutea Pisarski, 1967 (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia)

M
machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991 (Armenia, Turkey)

marroui Cagniant, 2009 (Morocco)

mauritanica (Emery, 1906) (Tunisia)

mauritanica occidentalis Cagniant, 2009 (Morocco)

mauritanica tonsilis Santschi, 1936 (Morocco)

minima Collingwood, 1985 (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

N
nigra (André, 1881) (Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

nigripes Arnoldi, 1964 (Armenia, Georgia, Iran)

nodus (Brullé, 1833) (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan)

• Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris Emery, 1925

• Cataglyphis nodus caucasicola Arnoldi, 1964

• Cataglyphis nodus mesasiatica Arnoldi, 1964

• Myrmecocystus viaticus orientalis Forel, 1895

O
oasium Menozzi, 1932 (Tunisia)

opacior Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Yemen)

otini Santschi, 1929 (Morocco)

oxiana Arnoldi, 1964 (Turkmenistan)

P
pallida Mayr, 1877 (Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan)

piligera Arnoldi, 1964 (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

• Cataglyphis foreli murgabica Arnoldi, 1964

piliscapa (Forel, 1901) (France, Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

• Cataglyphis tibialis Bondroit, 1918

pilisquamis Santschi, 1929 (Morocco)

pubescens Radchenko & Paknia, 2010 (Iran)

R
rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925 (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain)

rubra (Forel, 1903) (Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

S
sabulosa Kugler, J., 1981 (Egypt, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

saharae Santschi, 1929 (Algeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

• Cataglyphis laylae Collingwood, 2011

savignyi (Dufour, 1862) (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Oman, United Arab Emirates)

• Myrmecocystus viaticus desertorum Forel, 1894

semitonsa Santschi, 1929 (Algeria, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia)

setipes (Forel, 1894) (Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey)

• Cataglyphis setipes dschambulica Tarbinsky, 1976

shuaibensis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Yemen)

stigmata Radchenko & Paknia, 2010 (Iran)

T
takyrica Dlussky, 1990 (Turkmenistan)

tartessica Amor & Ortega, 2014 (Spain)

theryi Santschi, 1921 (Morocco)

turcomanica Crawley, 1920 (Iran, Turkmenistan)

U
urens Collingwood, 1985 (Oman, United Arab Emirates)

V
vaucheri (Emery, 1906) (Morocco)

velox Santschi, 1929 (Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain)

viatica (Fabricius, 1787) (Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Turkey)

• Formica cephalotes europaea Christ, 1791

viaticoides (André, 1881) (Armenia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates)

• Cataglyphis livida bulgarica Atanassov, 1982

• Myrmecocystus albicans mixtus Forel, 1895

Z
zakharovi Radchenko, 1997 (Turkmenistan)