Cataglyphis

Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). View Data



Nomenclature

 *  CATAGLYPHIS [Formicinae: Formicini]
 * Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850b: 493. Type-species: Cataglyphis fairmairei (junior synonym of Formica bicolor), by monotypy.
 * Cataglyphis senior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1863: 402.
 * Cataglyphis junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Forel, 1878: 372; Forel, 1886f: 201; Mayr, 1886d: 424; Karavaiev, 1924: 301.
 * Cataglyphis subgenus of Myrmecocystus: Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 144.
 * Cataglyphis revived from synonymy: Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 78; Emery, 1925b: 261.
 * Cataglyphis senior synonym of Monocombus: Mayr, 1861: 44; Agosti, 1990b: 1462.
 * Cataglyphis senior synonym of Machaeromyrma: Baroni Urbani, 1969d: 218; Agosti, 1990b: 1462.
 * Cataglyphis senior synonym of Eomonocombus, Paraformica: Agosti, 1990b: 1462.
 * EOMONOCOMBUS [junior synonym of Cataglyphis]
 * Eomonocombus Arnol'di, 1968: 1815 [as subgenus of Cataglyphis]. Type-species: Myrmecocystus cinnamomeus, by original designation.
 * Eomonocombus junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Agosti, 1994a: 103.
 * MACHAEROMYRMA [junior synonym of Cataglyphis]
 * Machaeromyrma Forel, 1916: 441 [as subgenus of Cataglyphis]. Type-species: Formica bombycina, by original designation.
 * Machaeromyrma junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Baroni Urbani, 1969d: 218; Agosti, 1994a: 103.
 * MONOCOMBUS [junior synonym of Cataglyphis]
 * Monocombus Mayr, 1855: 381. Type-species: Formica viatica, by monotypy.
 * Monocombus subgenus of Cataglyphis: Santschi, 1929b: 29.
 * Monocombus junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Forel, 1878: 372; André, 1882b: 165; Mayr, 1886d: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216.
 * Monocombus junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1861: 44; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 944; Emery, 1925b: 261; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Agosti, 1994a: 103.
 * PARAFORMICA [junior synonym of Cataglyphis]
 * Paraformica Forel, 1915b: 95 (footnote) [as subgenus of Formica]. Type-species: Formica (Paraformica) emmae, by monotypy.
 * Paraformica raised to genus: Emery, 1925b: 260.
 * Paraformica subgenus of Proformica: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 7.
 * Paraformica subgenus of Cataglyphis: Santschi, 1925g: 353; Santschi, 1929b: 30.
 * Paraformica junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Agosti, 1994a: 103.

Additional References

 * Knaden, M. et al. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the desert ant genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 16: 123-132.