Cataglyphis nodus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Nomenclature

 *  nodus. Formica nodus Brullé, 1833: 326, pl. 48, fig. 1 (w.) GREECE. Combination in Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1861: 44. Junior synonym of viatica: Roger, 1861b: 163; Dalla Torre, 1893: 218. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of bicolor: Emery, 1925b: 265. Subspecies of bicolor: Menozzi, 1927e: 119; Santschi, 1929b: 47; Menozzi, 1936d: 305; Bernard, 1948: 162. Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1964: 1802; Pisarski, 1965: 421. Junior synonym of bicolor: Wehner, Harkness & Schmid-Hempel, 1983: 7. Revived from synonymy: Collingwood, 1985: 290; Agosti, 1990b: 1489; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 291. Senior synonym of orientalis: Emery, 1925b: 265; Finzi, 1928c: 791; of caucasicola, mesasiatica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 153; of nodus: Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 383. [Misspelled as nuda: Santschi, 1933b: 108.]
 * orientalis. Myrmecocystus viaticus var. orientalis Forel, 1895d: 228 (w.) TURKEY. Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 99. Junior synonym of setipes: Ruzsky, 1905b: 430. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of viatica: Forel, 1910a: 24. Subspecies of bicolor: Santschi, 1921a: 116. Junior synonym of noda: Emery, 1925b: 265; Finzi, 1928c: 791.
 * caucasicola. Cataglyphis nodus subsp. caucasicola Arnol'di, 1964: 1803, figs. 1, 2 (w.m.) GEORGIA. Junior synonym of noda: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 153.
 * mesasiatica. Cataglyphis nodus subsp. mesasiatica Arnol'di, 1964: 1803, figs. 1, 3 (w.m.) UZBEKISTAN. Junior synonym of noda: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 153.
 * rufiventris. Cataglyphis bicolor var. rufiventris Emery, 1925b: 265 (w.) GREECE. [First available use of Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) viaticus subsp. orientalis var. rufiventris Forel, 1911d: 353; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of nodus: Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 383.