Cataglyphis pallida

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

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

Nomenclature

 * . Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877: 9 (w.m.) UZBEKISTAN.
 * [Also described as new by Mayr, 1880: 28.]
 * Karavaiev, 1910b: 25 (q.).
 * Combination in Myrmecocystus: Emery, 1898c: 126; Ruzsky, 1905b: 443;
 * combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 103;
 * combination in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 29.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1877b: 366; Emery, 1878b: 48; Mayr, 1880: 28; André, 1882b: 170 (in key); Forel, 1886e: clxi; Nasonov, 1889: 15; Saunders, E. 1890: 202; Dalla Torre, 1893: 218; Ruzsky, 1903b: 300; Ruzsky, 1905b: 443; Emery, 1906d: 50; Karavaiev, 1910b: 24; Ruzsky, 1923: 2; Emery, 1925b: 264; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 40; Santschi, 1929b: 37; Ceballos, 1956: 317; Tarbinsky, 1976: 207 (redescription); Collingwood, 1978: 92 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 554 (in key); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 154; Agosti, 1990b: 1484; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997c: 440; Radchenko, 1998: 502 (in key); Collingwood & Heatwole, 2000: 16; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 205; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30; Borowiec, L. 2014: 59; Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2015: 110 (in key).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
 * Emery, C.. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen." Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar (Helsinki) 20 (1898): 124-151.
 * Emery, C.. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dal Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese dei Bogos. [concl.]." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 9 (1877): 363-381.
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 * Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.
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 * Saunders, E.. "Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, at Gibraltar and in North Africa. (Part I - Heterogyna)." Entomologists' Monthly Magazine XXVI (1890): 201-206 y 289-291.
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