Cataglyphis

Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Förster, 1850
Species

C. bicolor
C. hannae
C. bombycinus
  many more, see text
Diversity
c. 65 species

Cataglyphis is a genus of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. Its most famous species is C. bicolor, the Sahara Desert ant, which runs on hot sand to find insects that died of heat exhaustion, and can sustain body temperatures of up to 50°C.

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Description

Species of this genus are generally morphologically and physiologically adapted to dry and hot habitats.[1]

Distribution

At least five different species of Cataglyphis occur in the Sahara desert, which may be considered the center of distribution for this genus.[2] Some species reach into southern Russia, the European part of Turkey, the Aral-Caspian area near Tijanchan, Yugoslavia and Hungary.[1]

Species

  • Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel, 1904)
  • Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel, 1904)
  • Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
  • Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
  • Cataglyphis alibabae Pisarski, 1965
  • Cataglyphis altisquamis (Andre, 1881)
  • Cataglyphis argentatus (Radoszkowsky, 1876)
  • Cataglyphis asiriensis Collingwood, 1985
  • Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793) — Sahara Desert ant
  • Cataglyphis bicoloripes Walker, 1871
  • Cataglyphis bombycinus (Roger, 1859) — Sahara desert
  • Cataglyphis cana Santschi, 1925
  • Cataglyphis cinnamomeus (Karavaiev, 1910)
  • Cataglyphis constrictus (Mayr, 1868)
  • Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939
  • Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846)
  • Cataglyphis diehlii (Forel, 1902)
  • Cataglyphis elegantissimus Arnol'di, 1968
  • Cataglyphis emeryi (Karavaiev, 1910)
  • Cataglyphis emmae (Forel, 1909)
  • Cataglyphis floricola Tinaut, 1993
  • Cataglyphis foreli (Ruzsky, 1903)
  • Cataglyphis fortis (Forel, 1902) — Sahara desert
  • Cataglyphis frigidus (Andre, 1881)
  • Cataglyphis gaetulus Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis gracilens Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis hannae Agosti, 1994 — Tunisia
  • Cataglyphis hellenicus (Forel, 1886)
  • Cataglyphis hispanicus (Emery, 1906)
  • Cataglyphis humeya Tinaut, 1991
  • Cataglyphis ibericus (Emery, 1906)
  • Cataglyphis indicus Pisarski, 1961
  • Cataglyphis isis (Forel, 1913)
  • Cataglyphis italicus (Emery, 1906)
  • Cataglyphis karakalensis Arnol'di, 1964
  • Cataglyphis kurdistanicus Pisarski, 1965
  • Cataglyphis laevior Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis lividus (Andre, 1881)
  • Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)
  • Cataglyphis lucasi (Emery, 1898)
  • Cataglyphis lunaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
  • Cataglyphis machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991
  • Cataglyphis mauritanicus (Emery, 1906) — Sahara desert
  • Cataglyphis minimus Collingwood, 1985
  • Cataglyphis niger (Andre, 1881)
  • Cataglyphis nigripes Arnol'di, 1964
  • Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832) — Dalmatia
  • Cataglyphis otini Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis oxianus Arnol'di, 1964
  • Cataglyphis pallidus Mayr, 1877
  • Cataglyphis piliger Arnol'di, 1964
  • Cataglyphis piliscapus (Forel, 1901)
  • Cataglyphis rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925
  • Cataglyphis ruber (Forel, 1903)
  • Cataglyphis sabulosus Kugler, 1981
  • Cataglyphis saharae Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862) — Sahara desert
  • Cataglyphis semitonsus Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis setipes (Forel, 1894)
  • Cataglyphis takyrica Dlussky, 1990
  • Cataglyphis theryi Santschi, 1921
  • Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985
  • Cataglyphis velox Santschi, 1929
  • Cataglyphis viaticoides (Andre, 1881)
  • Cataglyphis viaticus (Fabricius, 1787)

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Petrov 1986
  2. ^ Bernard 1968

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