Cataglyphis viaticoides

At Rawdhat Khorim, Saudia Arabia, C. viaticoides is a common species found throughout the year and abundant from June to October, with a peak in September. Cataglyphis viaticoides was often observed foraging on Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton (Apocynaceae) (Sharaf et al., 2013). Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on parkland ground in a moderate to very low rainfall area.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey.

The collection of this species at Rawdhat Khorim, Saudi Arabia, represents the first record known for Saudi Arabia and the second record for the Arabian Peninsula. Collingwood et al. (2011) reported it from UAE (Sharaf et al., 2013).

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecocystus albicans var. viaticoides André, 1881b: 57 (w.) LEBANON.
 * Arnol'di, 1964: 1809 (m.).
 * Combination in M. (Cataglyphis): Forel, 1911d: 354;
 * combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263.
 * Subspecies of albicans: André, 1882b: 168 (in key); Emery, 1891b: 17; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Medina, 1893: 104; Forel, 1895d: 228; Forel, 1902a: 156; Forel, 1903b: 459; Forel, 1904b: 383; Emery, 1906d: 53; Forel, 1909c: 105; Karavaiev, 1910b: 37; Forel, 1911d: 354; Crawley, 1920b: 177; Emery, 1925b: 262; Santschi, 1929b: 61 (in key); Menozzi, 1933b: 85; Santschi, 1934d: 281; Ceballos, 1956: 317.
 * Status as species: Arnol'di, 1964: 1809; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 85; Aktaç, 1977: 128; Collingwood, 1978: 92 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 259; Agosti, 1990b: 1495; Tinaut & Plaza, 1990: 192; Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Arakelian, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Radchenko, 1997c: 428; Radchenko, 1998: 506 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Legakis, 2011: 35; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 464; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 487; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 10; Sharaf, Abdel-Dayem, et al. 2013: 570; Borowiec, L. 2014: 62; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 139; Lebas, et al. 2016: 160; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2018: 5; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44.

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