Cataglyphis savignyi

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Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862) valid

Formica savignyi Dufour, 1862: 141 (w.m.) EGYPT. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype male (by designation of Agosti, 1990b: 1490). Primary type locality: Egypt: nr the Pyramids (son of L. Dufour). Primary type depository: MNHN. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MNHN. Type notes: 1) Original description cites syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated, but in total “12 individuals in good condition”); Agosti, 1990b: 1490, cites 2 workers on 1 pin, and 1 male on a separate pin, which are not conspecific. 2) Agosti, 1990b: 1490, cites MNHN as depository, but earlier Santschi, 1929b: 45, said of MNHN “the types [of Cataglyphis savignyi] have vanished”.

Lectotype designation: Agosti, 1990b: 1490.
[Misspelled as savignii by Emery & Forel, 1879: 449.]
[Note: the binomen is erroneously rendered as Savignyi savignyi in El-Hawagry et al., 2013: 67 (in list).]
Combination in Cataglyphis: Roger, 1863b: 12; Emery, 1925d: 265.
Combination in Myrmecocystus: Emery & Forel, 1879: 449.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1929b: 45; Menozzi, 1932e: 454; Menozzi, 1934: 166; Finzi, 1936: 192; Santschi, 1938a: 44; Finzi, 1940: 165.
Junior synonym of Cataglyphis viatica: Roger, 1863b: 12; Dours, 1873: 166; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Dalla Torre, 1893: 219.
Junior synonym of Cataglyphis bicolor: Emery, 1925d: 265.
Status as species: Billen, 1989: 301; Agosti, 1990b: 1490; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Wehner et al., 1994: 168; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 382; Cagniant, 2006: 195; Cagniant, 2009: 50; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 39; Collingwood et al., 2011: 462; Borowiec, 2014: 60.
Senior synonym of Cataglyphis desertorum: Cagniant, 2009: 51.

Junior synonyms

Cataglyphis desertorum (Forel, 1894)
Obsolete combination(s): Myrmecocystus viaticus desertorum, Cataglyphis viatica desertorum

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505. PDF
Billen, J. P. J. 1989. Morphology of the cloacal gland in the ant Cataglyphis savignyi. Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 5:301-306. 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
Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:193-200. PDF
Cagniant, H. 2009. Le genre Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 au Maroc (Hyménoptères Formicidae). Orsis 24:41-71. 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
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Dours, J. A. 1873. Catalogue synonymique des Hyménoptères de France. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Nord de la France 3:1-230. PDF
Dufour, L. 1862. Notices entomologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (4)2:131-148. PDF
El-Hawagry, M. S.; Khalil, M. W.; Sharaf, M. R.; Fadl, H. H.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 274:1-88. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:441-481. PDF
Finzi, B. 1936. Risultati scientifici della spedizione di S. A. S. il Principe Alessandro della Torre e Tasso nell'Egitto e peninsola del Sinai. XI. Formiche. Bulletin. Société Entomologique d'Egypte 20:155-210. PDF
Finzi, B. 1940 ("1939"). Formiche della Libia. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 18:155-166. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1932e. Spedizione scientifica all'Oasi di Cufra (marzo-luglio 1931). Formiche. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 55:451-456. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1934. Reperti mirmecofaunistici raccolti dal Prof. L. di Caporiacco nelle oasi di Cufra e in altre località del deserto Libico. Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena 65[=(6)13]:153-166. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36:25-70. PDF
Santschi, F. 1938a ("1937"). Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bulletin. Société Entomologique d'Egypte 21:28-44. PDF
Vonshak, M.; Ionescu-Hirsch, A. 2010 ("2009"). A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39:33-55. PDF
Wehner, R.; Wehner, S.; Agosti, D. 1994. Patterns of biogeographic distribution within the bicolor species group of the North African desert ant, Cataglyphis Foerster 1850 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 74:163-191. PDF

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