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Cataglyphis mauretaniens Agosti, 1990, nov. stat.

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Cataglyphis mauritaniens (Emery) nov. stat.

Myrmecocystus viaticus ssp. mauritanicus Emery, 1906: 56, figs 23 and 24 (worker), 57, figs 25 and 36 (male). Syntypes workers, males, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, MHNG, CDA [examined] [see note 1 below], [Later changes: Cataglyphis (Cataglyphis) viatica ssp. mauritanicus, Emery, 1925: 266; Cataglyphis (Monocombus) mauritanica, Santschi, 1929a: 29; Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viaticus st. mauritanica, Santschi, 1929a: 31.] (Description of female: Santschi, 1929a: 31, fig. 23.)

Note 1. Cataglyphis mauritanicus is the oldest available name in the Cataglyphis mauritanicus species-complex and is therefore raised to species level.

Cataglyphis viaticus var. tonsilis Santschi Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viaticus var. tonsilis Santschi, 1936: 209. Syntypes workers, females, males, Morocco (Ksar-el-Kbir near Zarjouka, 1901, leg. Bucket) NHMB, MNHP [examined]. [Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viaticus st. mauritanica var. tonsilis Santschi, 1929a: 32, fig. 21, name not available.]

Cataglyphis viaticus var. velox Santschi Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viatica var. velox Santschi, 1929a: 30, figs 6, 34. Syntypes workers, Spain (Sevilla; De la Fuente and Dusmet), NHMB [examined]. [Myrmecocystus viaticus, Emery, 1908: 216; Cataglyphis viaticus, Santschi, 1929a: 29, 54; misidentifications.]

Notes

Published as part of Agosti, Donat, 1990, Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 1457-1505 in Journal of Natural History 24 on pages 1483-1484, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14982

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Agosti
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Cataglyphis
Species
mauretaniens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
nov. stat.

References

  • Emery, C., 1906, Rsssenga critica della specie paleartiche del genere Myrmecocystus, Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Sciencze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche. Bologna, 3 (6), 47 - 61.
  • Emery, C., 1925, in P. Wytsman (ed.), Genera Insectorum, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Subfam. Formicinae, fase. 182,302 pp.
  • Santschi, F., 1929 a, Etudes sur les Cataglyphis, Revue Suisse Zoologique, 36, 25 - 70.
  • Santschi, F., 1936, Liste et description de fourmis du Maroc, Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc, 16, 198 - 210.
  • Emery, C., 1908, Myrmecocystus viaticus et formes voisines, Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 44 (163), 213 - 217.