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Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 valid feminine

Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850b: 493 Type-species: Cataglyphis fairmairei (junior synonym of Cataglyphis bicolor), by monotypy.

Cataglyphis in Formicinae: Mayr, 1861: 44 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1862: 653 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 8 [Formicidae].
Cataglyphis in Camponotinae, Formicini: Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 89; Emery, 1916a: 267; Forel, 1917: 250.
Cataglyphis in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991: 295.
Cataglyphis in Formicinae, Formicini + Lasiini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
Cataglyphis in Formicinae, Formicini: Bondroit, 1918: 38; Wheeler, 1922: 699; Emery, 1925d: 261; Agosti, 1994b: 93; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 28, 126; Ward et al., 2016: 346.
Cataglyphis as junior synonym of Formica: Smith, 1858a: 1.
Cataglyphis as junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Mayr, 1863a: 402; Roger, 1863b: 12; Forel, 1878c: 372; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; André, 1882c: 165; Forel, 1886h: 201; Mayr, 1886d: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Forel, 1899b: 129; Bingham, 1903: 312; Ruzsky, 1905b: 426; Emery, 1906f: 47; Emery, 1908h: 213; Karavaiev, 1924: 301.
[Note: Mayr, 1863a: 402, and Roger, 1863b: 12, give Cataglyphis as senior synonym, but Myrmecocystus has priority.]
Cataglyphis as subgenus of Myrmecocystus: Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Wheeler, 1911g: 160.
Cataglyphis as genus: Foerster, 1850b: 493; Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1861: 44; Mayr, 1863a: 402; Mayr, 1865: 8; Mayr, 1870b: 952; Dours, 1873: 166; Wheeler, 1913a: 78; Wheeler, 1922: 945; Emery, 1925d: 261; subsequent authors.
Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Eomonocombus: Brown, 1973b: 180 [provisional]; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.
Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Machaeromyrma: Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 218; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.
Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Monocombus: Mayr, 1861: 44; Roger, 1863b: 12; Mayr, 1863a: 402; Wheeler, 1911g: 167; Wheeler, 1922: 944; Emery, 1925d: 261; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 663; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.
Cataglyphis as senior synonym of Paraformica: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Agosti, 1994b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 127.

Junior synonyms

Eomonocombus Arnol'di, 1968
Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Eomonocombus)
Machaeromyrma Forel, 1916
Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Machaeromyrma)
Monocombus Mayr, 1855
Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Monocombus)
Paraformica Forel, 1915
Obsolete classification(s): Cataglyphis (Paraformica), Formica (Paraformica), Proformica (Paraformica)

Obsolete classifications

Genus Cataglyphis catalogues

Mayr, 1863a: 402; Roger, 1863b: 12; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449 (Europe, as Myrmecocystus); Dalla Torre, 1893: 216 (as part of Myrmecocystus); Wheeler, 1922: 945 (Afrotropical); Emery, 1925d: 260, 261, 266 (Paraformica, Cataglyphis, Cataglyphis (Machaeromyrma)); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 197, 203 (Asia); Agosti, 1990b: 1480; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 239 (Afrotropical checklist).

Genus Cataglyphis references

Mayr, 1861: 44 (diagnosis, Europe species key); Mayr, 1865: 8 (diagnosis); André, 1874b: 181 (Europe species key); Forel, 1878c: 372 (diagnosis); André, 1882c: 166 (Europe, Algeria species key); Nasonov, 1889: 60 (Russia species key); Bingham, 1903: 312 (diagnosis); Ruzsky, 1905b: 426 (Russian Empire species key); Emery, 1906f: 60 (Palaearctic species (as Myrmecocystus), key); Wheeler, 1922: 699 (subgenera key); Emery, 1925d: 260, 261, 266 (Paraformica, Cataglyphis, Cataglyphis (Machaeromyrma) diagnoses); Santschi, 1929b: 56 (all species key); Menozzi, 1933b: 86 (Israel species key); Kratochvíl, 1941b: 108 (Central Europe species key); Bernard, 1967a: 280 (diagnosis); Tarbinsky, 1976: 197 (Kyrghyzstan species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 554 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978: 92 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 284 (Balkans species key); Collingwood, 1985: 284 (Saudi Arabia species key); Agosti, 1990b: 1457 (review of genus, diagnosis, species groups key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 146 (Turkmenistan species key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 292 (Bulgaria species key); Agosti, 1994b: 103 (diagnosis, review of genus); Arakelian, 1994: 103 (Armenia species key); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1048 (census); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 375 (Saudi Arabia species key); Seifert, 1996b: 179 (Central Europe species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 28 (Portugal species key); Radchenko, 1998a: 502 (Asia species key); Radchenko, 2001: 885 (phylogeny); Chang & He, 2002b: 62 (northwest China species key); Bolton, 2003: 126 (synopsis); Seifert, 2007: 159 (North and Central Europe species key); Cagniant, 2009: 44 (Morocco species key); Sharaf et al., 2015: 107 (Cataglyphis pallida group key); Wachkoo & Bharti, 2015a: 9 (India species key); Ionescu & Eyer, 2016: 129 (Israel Cataglyphis bicolor group species key); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 237 (diagnosis); Cantone, 2017: 153 (brief male diagnosis); Khalili-Moghadam et al., 2021: 23 (Iran species, modified key); Salata et al., 2021: 120 (diagnosis, key to Cataglyphis livida complex); Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 137 (diagnosis), 138 (key to Greece species).

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Extant: 98 valid species, 18 valid subspecies

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