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Cataglyphis oasium
| Cataglyphis oasium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species group: | bicolor |
| Species: | C. oasium |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis oasium Menozzi, 1932
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 20.967531°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- oasium. Cataglyphis bicolor var. oasium Menozzi, 1932c: 95.
- [First available use of Cataglyphis bicolor st. nodus var. oasium Santschi, 1929b: 46 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA, ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1487).]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1929c: 106; Santschi, 1931a: 13; Santschi, 1932f: 520; Santschi, 1934f: 175; Santschi, 1936e: 82; Santschi, 1938a: 43; Menozzi, 1940: 271; Bernard, 1950b: 292; Bernard, 1953a: 199.
- Subspecies of bicolor: Agosti, 1990b: 1487; Bolton, 1995b: 136.
- Status as species: Radchenko, 1997c: 431; Radchenko, 1998: 506 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 59.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
- Khalili-Moghadam, A., Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2021. Three new species of Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1009, 1–28 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1009.59205).
- Menozzi, C. 1932c. Missione scientifica del Prof. E. Zavattari nel Fezzan (1931). Hymenoptera-Formicidae. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 64: 93-95 (page 95, worker, queen, male described)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997a [1996]. Key to ants of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asian Palaearctics. Entomol. Rev. (Birm.) 76: 430-437 (page 431, Raised to species)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1998a. A key to the ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr. 77: 502-508 (page 506, (in key) Raised to species)
- Salata, S., Demetriou, J., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L. 2023. The ant genus Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Zootaxa, 5264(3), 301–322 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Agosti D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 1457-1505.
- Agosti, D. 1990. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymentopera: Formicidae) . Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505.
- Bernard F. 1950. Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 10: 284-294.
- Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Santschi, F. 1929. Etude sur les Cataglyphis. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36: 25-70.
- Santschi, F. 1931. Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quad a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Hakan Lindberg. 9. Fourmis du Bassin Mediterraneen occidental et du Maroc recoltees par MM. Lindberg. Societas Scientiarum Fennica Commentationes Biologicae 3: 1-13
- Santschi, F. 1934. Fourmis du Sahara central. Memoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord 4: 165-177.
- Santschi, F. 1938. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte 21: 28-44.
- Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.