Cataglyphis savignyi

Distribution
Lives in extreme arid habitats

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Oman.

Nomenclature

 * . Formica savignyi Dufour, 1862: 141 (w.m.) EGYPT.
 * [Misspelled as savignii by Emery & Forel, 1879: 449.]
 * [Note: name erroneously rendered as Savignyi savignyi in El-Hawagry, et al. 2013: 67 (in list).]
 * Combination in Cataglyphis: Roger, 1863b: 12; Emery, 1925b: 265;
 * combination in Myrmecocystus: Emery & Forel, 1879: 449.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1929b: 45; Menozzi, 1932e: 454; Menozzi, 1934: 166; Finzi, 1936: 192; Santschi, 1938a: 44; Finzi, 1940: 165.
 * Junior synonym of viatica: Roger, 1863b: 12; Dours, 1873: 166; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Dalla Torre, 1893: 219.
 * Junior synonym of bicolor: Emery, 1925b: 265.
 * Status as species: Billen, 1989: 301; Agosti, 1990b: 1490; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Wehner, et al. 1994: 168; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 382; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Cagniant, 2009: 50; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 462; Borowiec, L. 2014: 60.
 * Senior synonym of desertorum: Cagniant, 2009: 51.
 * desertorum. Myrmecocystus viaticus var. desertorum Forel, 1894c: 402 (in text) (w.) TUNISIA.
 * Karavaiev, 1912a: 17 (m.); Karavaiev, 1924: 306 (q.); Santschi, 1929b: 46 (q.m.).
 * Combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1910f: 234; Karavaiev, 1924: 306;
 * combination in Cataglyphis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 944; Emery, 1925b: 265.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1929b: 45; Santschi, 1929c: 106; Finzi, 1930b: 16; Menozzi, 1932e: 454; Santschi, 1934f: 175; Finzi, 1936: 193; Santschi, 1936c: 210; Santschi, 1938a: 43; Finzi, 1940: 165; Hamann & Klemm, 1967: 419.
 * Subspecies of viatica: Forel, 1894b: 72; Forel, 1895d: 232; Emery, 1895a: 180; Emery, 1898c: 146; Forel, 1902a: 156; Mayr, 1904b: 10; Forel, 1904b: 381; Forel, 1904c: 12; Ruzsky, 1905b: 429.
 * Subspecies of bicolor: Karavaiev, 1911: 10; Karavaiev, 1912a: 17; Karavaiev, 1924: 306; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 40; Menozzi, 1934: 157.
 * Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 286; Borowiec, L. 2014: 54 (error).
 * Junior synonym of bicolor: Emery, 1906d: 58; Mayr, 1907a: 389; Forel, 1907e: 15; Forel, 1908a: 15 (in text); Emery, 1908g: 217; Santschi, 1910f: 234; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 944; Emery, 1925b: 265.
 * Junior synonym of viatica: Agosti, 1990b: 1491; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 132.
 * Junior synonym of savignyi: Cagniant, 2009: 51.

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