Cataglyphis pallida

Cataglyphis pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. pallida
Binomial name
Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877 Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the C. pallida-group as defined by Agosti (1990).

Keys including this Species

• Key to Cataglyphis pallida group
• Key to Cataglyphis species groups

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• pallida. Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877: 9 (w.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. Karavaiev, 1910b: 25 (q.). [Redescribed in Latin: Mayr, 1880: 28.] Combination in Myrmecocystus: Emery, 1898c: 126; in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 103; in C. (Monocombus): Santschi, 1929b: 29.

References

• Sharaf, M.R., Collingwood, C.A. & Aldawood, A.S. 2015. Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group. ZooKeys 545: 101-117.