Cataglyphis piliscapa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: France, Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

Castes
Queen is brachypterous, i.e. short, non-functional wings are present at adult emergence. This implies that she mates close to her natal colony, and dispersal distance is limited (Peeters & Aron 2017)

Nomenclature

 *  piliscapa. Myrmecocystus cursor var. piliscapa Forel, 1901h: 66 (w.) FRANCE. Santschi, 1929b: 36 (m.). Combination in Cataglyphis (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 36. [Misspelled as pilicornis: Santschi, 1932c: 73.] Raised to species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 285 (in key). Senior synonym of tibialis: Agosti, 1990b: 1482.
 * tibialis. Cataglyphis tibialis Bondroit, 1918: 39 (w.) FRANCE. Subspecies of cursor: Santschi, 1925g: 355; Emery, 1925b: 263. Junior synonym of cursor: Bernard, 1967: 281; Collingwood, 1978: 73; of piliscapa: Santschi, 1929b: 36; Agosti, 1990b: 1482.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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