Cataglyphis argentata

Identification
Salata et al. (2021) - Whole body yellow, only gaster sometimes with indistinctly infuscated apex; mesosoma, body covered with a layer of silvery hair.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Egypt.

Nomenclature

 * . Camponotus argentata Radoszkowsky, 1876: 140 (w.) EGYPT.
 * Junior synonym of bombycina: Dalla Torre, 1893: 217; Emery, 1925b: 267.
 * Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Borowiec, L. 2014: 52.

Taxonomic Notes
Salata et al. (2021) - Type specimens of this species are considered lost and, as suggested by Agosti (1990), due to ambiguous description of this species, its assignation to the livida complex is tentative. The silvery hair mentioned in the description can suggest an affiliation of C. argentata with the bombycina or laevior complexes. If C. argentata is a member of the livida complex, then its description could indicate that it is probably conspecific with two other North African taxa: Cataglyphis arenaria and Cataglyphis aurata. If this assumption is correct, then the name C. argentata has priority over C. arenaria and C. aurata.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.