Cataglyphis harteni

Cataglyphis harteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	C. harteni
Binomial name
	Cataglyphis harteni; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

This species occurred high up on the eastern side of the mountain mass of Djebel an-Nabi Shuaib at altitudes over 3500 m (Collingwood & Agosti 1996)

Identification

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species belongs to the Cataglyphis altisquamis complex and closely resembles Cataglyphis asiriensis except for the much reduced dorsal pilosity of the alitrunk and gaster.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Yemen (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

Nomenclature

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

harteni. Cataglyphis harteni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 379, fig. 42 (w.) YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 14 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Djebel an-Nabi Shuaib, 11.ix.1992 (A. van Harten); paratypes: 4 workers with same data, 10 workers with same data but 7.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood).
- Type-depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC, perhaps also NHCY, NHMB; some van Harten material is in TAUI).
- [Note: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done.]
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 56.
- Distribution: Yemen.

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

Description

Worker

Holotype: TL 5.25; HL 1.94; HW 1.52; SL 1.94; PW 0.43; PL 0.33; EL 0.60.

There is one pair of coarse hairs on the pronotum and one pair on the posterior dorsum of the propodeum, two pairs on the petiole and one pair on the first gastral tergite. The first funiculus segment is 1.56 times segment 2. The third and fourth maxillary palp segments are each shorter than the fifth and sixth combined. The petiole is a high thick node with a distinctly convex anterior face and a steep posterior face. The propodeum is rather low with the dorsal face sloping gently into its declivous face. The colour is uniformly dull black with dense reticulate sculpture extending over the head, alitrunk and first gaster tergite. The eyes are somewhat bulbous and project from the side margins of the head in posterior view. The inner faces of the femora and tibiae have thick black bristles.

Type Material

Holotype: worker, Yemen, Djebel an-Nabi Shuaib, 1 !.IX. 1992, A. van Harten. - Paratypes: Yemen: 4 workers, same series as holotype; 10 workers, same locality, 7.III.1993, C. A. Collingwood. Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

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