Cataglyphis floricola

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

Castes
C. floricola presents two types of queens: brachypterous (with short non-functional wings) and ergatoid (worker-like apterous queens). Ergatoids are, on average, 2.8 mg lighter and have half the number of ovarioles than brachypterous queens (Amor et al. 2011)

Nomenclature

 *  floricola. Cataglyphis floricola Tinaut, 1993: 125, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) SPAIN. [Cataglyphis floricola Cerda, Retana, Carpintero & Cros, 1992: 315. Nomen nudum.]