Cataglyphis cubica
Cataglyphis cubica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Cataglyphis |
Species: | C. cubica |
Binomial name | |
Cataglyphis cubica (Forel, 1903) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.784722° to 31.633333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cubica. Myrmecocystus albicans r. cubicus Forel, 1903c: 267 (w.q.) MOROCCO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Morocco: Tangier (A. Müller).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1906d: 53; Karavaiev, 1924: 305; Emery, 1925b: 263; Santschi, 1929b: 39.
- Subspecies of albicans: Santschi, 1929b: 61 (in key); Santschi, 1936c: 210; Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 135.
- Status as species: Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 51; Borowiec, L. 2014: 53.
- Distribution: Morocco.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cagniant, H.. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- Forel, A.. "Mélanges entomologiques, biologiques et autres." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 47 (1903): 249-268.
- Sanllorente O., P. Lorite, F. Ruano, T. Palomeque, and A. Tinaut. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships between the slave-making ants Rossomyrmex and their Proformica hosts in relation to other genera of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Zool Syst Evol Res. 1–13.
- de Haro, Andrés, Juan-José de Haro, and C. A. Collingwood. "Cataglyphis cubicus (Forel, 1903) stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y male nov., grupo albicans, de Asilah, costa atlántica de Marruecos." Orsis 20 (2005): 13-25.