Cataglyphis foreli

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a field in a low rainfall area.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecocystus foreli Ruzsky, 1903a: 36 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
 * Arnol'di, 1964: 1813 (q.m.).
 * Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 104;
 * combination in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 29.
 * Subspecies of altisquamis: Forel, 1904b: 382; Ruzsky, 1905b: 437; Emery, 1906d: 57; Emery, 1908g: 216; Karavaiev, 1910b: 39.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1912f: 104; Ruzsky, 1923: 2; Emery, 1925b: 266; Santschi, 1929b: 59 (in key); Arnol'di, 1964: 1812; Pisarski, 1967: 418; Pisarski, 1970: 324; Dlussky, 1981a: 18; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151; Agosti, 1990b: 1483; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Radchenko, 1997c: 430; Radchenko, 1998: 506 (in key); Paknia, et al. 2008: 154; Borowiec, L. 2014: 55; Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2019: 168.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Agosti, D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymentopera: Formicidae) . Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Forel A. 1904. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388.
 * Karavaiev V. 1911. Ameisen aus Transkaspien und Turkestan. Tr. Rus. Entomol. Obshch. 39: 1-72.
 * Khalili-Moghadam A., L. Borowiec, and A. Nemati. 2019. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran with taxonomic comments. Polish Journal of Entomology 88 (2): 163–182.
 * Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
 * Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.
 * Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
 * Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.
 * Ruzsky M. 1903. A new species of ant from the Transcaspian region. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 3: 36-37.
 * Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 72(2nd p part: 1-6
 * Siberian Zoological Museum. Website available at http://szmn.sbras.ru/old/Hymenop/Formicid.htm. Accessed on January 27th 2014.