Cataglyphis abyssinica
(Forel, 1904)
valid
Myrmecocystus viaticus r. abyssinicus
Forel, 1904c:
382 (w.q.)
ETHIOPIA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Ingfal (Kachovsky) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 944). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Schoa (A. Ilg), “western Abyssinia” (A. Ilg).
- [Misspelled as abissinica by Emery, 1906f: 58.]
- Combination in Cataglyphis: Wheeler, 1922: 944.
- Combination in Cataglyphis (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 51.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1906f: 58; Emery, 1908h: 217.
- Subspecies of Cataglyphis viatica: Wheeler, 1922: 944.
- Subspecies of Cataglyphis bicolor: Emery, 1908h: 217; Emery, 1925d: 265; Santschi, 1929b: 51; Menozzi, 1931a: 155; Finzi, 1939a: 160.
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 286; Agosti, 1990b: 1486; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 377; Collingwood et al., 2011: 451; Borowiec, 2014: 50; Madl, 2019: 14.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
- Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7:230-302. PDF
- Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385. PDF
- Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D.; Sharaf, M. R.; van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4:405-474. PDF
- Emery, C. 1906f. Rassegna critica delle specie paleartiche del genere Myrmecocystus. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (6)3:47-61 [pagination of separate: 173-187]. PDF
- Emery, C. 1908h. Myrmecocystus viaticus et formes voisines. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:213-217. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Finzi, B. 1939a. Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14:153-168. PDF
- Forel, A. 1904c ("1903"). Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya 8:368-388. PDF
- Madl, M. 2019. Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B Für Botanik Und Zoologie 121:9-18. PDF
- Menozzi, C. 1931a. Spedizione del Barone Raimondo Franchetti in Dancalia. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 55:154-156. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36:25-70. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.