Published December 27, 2016 | Version v1
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Notes on Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 of the bicolor species-group in Israel, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies and Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel. E-mail: armini@post.tau.ac.il
  • 2. Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel

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Five species of Cataglyphis belonging to the bicolor species-group are recorded from Israel, including a new species, C. israelensis n. sp. The relationships of the new species with other bicolor group species in the region, and relationships among species in the niger species-complex are discussed. The identification of isolated specimens belonging to the five Israeli species by morphological characters is investigated.

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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FE0E11B-3411-4204-A63D-DB23DDE5A379
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Journal: 2224-6304 (ISSN)
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Other: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FE0E11B-3411-4204-A63D-DB23DDE5A379 (LSID)