Cataglyphis fossilis

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Cataglyphis fossilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: C. fossilis
Binomial name
Cataglyphis fossilis
Cagniant, 2009

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Paratype of Cataglyphis fossilisWorker. Specimen code casent0912198. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Cataglyphis fossilisMale (alate). Specimen code casent0912197. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • fossilis. Cataglyphis fossilis Cagniant, 2009: 61, figs. 18, 34, 46, 59 (w.q.m.) MOROCCO.
    • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 55.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Cagniant 2009 p. 61-62.

Type Material

Workers, 1 queen and males of Mellal, "Fossil Route" (hence the name) which connects Zagora to Erfoud, 950 m. Morocco. Holotype and paratypes Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle.

References