Cataglyphis longipedem

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a forest with moderate rainfall.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica longipedem Eichwald, 1841: 224 (w.) TURKMENISTAN (“Hab. in arenosis Krasnowodskiensibus”).
 * [Misspelled as longipedum by Donisthorpe, 1941k: 240.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Donisthorpe, 1941k: 240.
 * Status as species: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 27.
 * Synonym of turcomanica: Kolossov, 1932: 118; Agosti, 1990b: 1490.
 * [Note: Kolossov, and Agosti, give turcomanica as senior synonym, but longipedem has priority.]
 * Senior synonym of turcomanica: Bolton, 1995b: 136.
 * Synonym of setipes: Radchenko, 1997c: 435.
 * [Note: Radchenko gives setipes as senior synonym, but longipedem has priority.]
 * Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Cataglyphis: Wachkoo & Bharti, 2015a: 2 (in text; attributed to Radchenko & Tinaut, unpublished).

Type Material
Pashaei Rad et al., (2018): Type location Turkmenistan (Eichwald gave Krasnowodsk, or Krasnovodsk, but now Türkmenbaşy, which once was in Russia).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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