Cataglyphis Foerster
Formica megacola Forster
Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt.
Mohamed, S.
Zalat, S.
Fadl, H.
Egyptian Journal of Natural History
2001
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Insecta
Formicidae
Cataglyphis
CoL
Animalia
Cataglyphis Förster
Hymenoptera
44
Arthropoda
genus
Cataglyphis Foerster,1850: Verh. Nat.Ver. Preuss. Rhinl. 7:493. Type-species: Formica megacola Forster, 1850: Verh. Nat. Ver. Preuss. Rhinl.:490.
Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental regions.
Key to species 1 - Petiole a truncated node with a flat dorsal surface sloping forward (Fig. 14)............2 - Petiole a rounded node or an upright thick scale..............................................4 2- Body colour uniformaly shining black ....................... C. minimus Collingwood. - Body colour otherwise.......................3 3- Body unicolourous yellow, gaster oval (Fig. 15); antennal scape shorter than head ............................... C. lividus (Andre) - Body bicoloured, head, alitunk, petiole and appendages bright red, gaster dark brown and globular (Fig. 16), antennal scape longer than head.............................. C. ruber (Forel) 4- Petiole an upright scale (Fig. 17), body covered with silvery pubescence, reddish brown, gaster dark brown in colour; third maxillary palp with long curved hairs (Fig. 18) .............................. C. sinaitica Wheeler - Petiole a rounded node (Fig. 19), body not covered with silvery pubscence, black in colour; third maxillary palp without long curved hairs.................... C. niger (Andre)