Cataglyphis piliscapus (Forel)

Myrmecocystus cursor var. piliscapa Forel, 1901: 66 . Syntypes workers, France ( Nîmes, leg. Forel), MHNG NHMB [examined]. [Later changes: Cataglyphis (Monocombus) cursor st. piliscapa, Santschi, 1929a: 36; Cataglyphis piliscapa, Agosti and Collingwood, 1987b: 285 .] (Descriptions: male, Santschi, 1929a 36; biology: Cagniant, 1976, 1979.)

Cataglyphis tibialis Bondroit, 1918: 39 . Syntypes workers, France (East Pyrenees, Banyuls, Taurinya). [Later change: Cataglyphis cursor var. tibialis, Santschi, 1925: 355 .] [Synonymy by Santschi, 1929a: 36.]

Note. Cataglyphis cursor, Collingwood (1978: 73) is a misidentification and is either C.piliscapus or a yet undescribed species (Espadaler, personal communication). Cagniant’s studies (1976, 1979) of the biology of C.cursor are studies of C.piliscapus (see Cagniant, 1979: 52).