Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D495BCAE-9E03-4424-A01B-87F1CEB16B9C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094373

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1461EC42-FF84-FFAC-FDD9-00B71353F80F

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Felipe

scientific name

Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981
status

 

Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981

Fig. 13 View Fig

Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981: 84 (w, q, m) Israel. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Color yellow to orange-brown; gaster frequently brown; first funicular segment nearly 1.5 × as long as second; propodeal dorsum passing in a curve into equally long declivity; petiole squamiform, convex anteriorly and straight posteriorly; third maxillary palp fringed with long curved setae; head, mesosoma, petiole, gaster, and coxae usually with dense white-silvery pubescence.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

Cataglyphis sabulosa is a desert species that builds nests in the sand at a depth of about 20 cm, where alate males and dealate queens occur ( Kugler 1981). The species seems to be a preferred diet of the lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878 (Lacertidae) .

Geographic range

A species originally described from Israel and recorded from Egypt ( Kugler 1981), Oman, KSA ( Collingwood 1985), UAE, and Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996). Collingwood (1985) recorded this species from Dhofar based on a single worker.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Cataglyphis

Loc

Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2022
2022
Loc

Cataglyphis sabulosa

Kugler J. 1981: 84
1981
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