Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Author Agosti, Donat text Journal of Natural History 1990 24 1457 1505 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.14982 Cataglyphis argentatus Radoszovski Cataglyphis argentata Radoszkovski, 1876: 140. Syntypes workers, Egypt or Ethiopia. The placement of this species is tentative, as the type material is lacking and the description is ambiguous; all the morphological characters point to a relationship with C.lividus but the silvery hairs indicate a relationship with bombycinus or laevior .