Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) bicolor F. subsp. bellicosus Karawajew, 1924: 307

Martynov, Alexander V. & Radchenko, Alexander G., 2016, Karawajew’s ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 244-254 : 248

Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) bicolor F. subsp. bellicosus Karawajew, 1924: 307 , w.

Current status: Cataglyphis bellicosus . Combination in Cataglyphis: Agosti, 1990: 1487 . Raised to species: Radchenko, 1997b: 434.

Type locality(-ies): “ Steinbruch bei Douchat-abad, 4 Kilometer südwärts von Teheran ( Persien), 23.IX.1916, Bocquillon, Arbeiter. Typen in meiner Sammlung und dem Kaukasischen Museum (Tiflis)”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “ Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) / bicolor F. subsp. Bellicosu s Karav. / Typus V. Karavaiev, 1916 / 23.IX.1916 +оухан-абадъ бл.?еге- / рана, Персия. Неизв. собиратель. Кавк. Муз. [= Doukhan-abad near Teheran, Persia, Unknown collector, Caucasian Museum]” (see also Fig. 4 ).

Material: SYNTYPES, 3 w (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1).

Notes. The type locality was given in the original description as “Douchat-abad” (in German), but in the original labels this place was spelled in Russian as “+оухан-абадъ” [= Doukhan-abad, in English].

Radchenko (1997b) believed that the type specimens of C. bellicosus were lost and designated the neotype worker: “Керман, ю-в Персия, В. Кузнецов, 23.III. 928” [= Kerman, SE Persia, V. Kuznetzov]. As the syntype specimens of this species have been found, the neotype specimen has lost its taxonomic value.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Examples of original vials and labels from the Karawajew’s ant collection: 1 — original vials; 2 – 5 — original labels of the type material.