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 mauritaniens (Emery)
nov. stat.
Myrmecocystus viaticus ssp. mauritanicus Emery, 1906: 56
, figs 23 and 24 (worker), 57, figs 25 and 36 (male). Syntypes workers, males, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, MHNG, CDA [examined] [see note 1 below], [Later changes:
Cataglyphis (Cataglyphis) viatica ssp. mauritanicus, Emery, 1925: 266
;
Cataglyphis (Monocombus) mauritanica, Santschi, 1929a: 29
;
Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viaticus st. mauritanica, Santschi, 1929a: 31
.] (Description of female: Santschi, 1929a: 31, fig. 23.)
Note
1.
Cataglyphis mauritanicus
is the oldest available name in the
Cataglyphis mauritanicus
species-complex and is therefore raised to species level.
Cataglyphis viaticus var. tonsilis Santschi
Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viaticus var. tonsilis Santschi, 1936: 209
. Syntypes workers, females, males, Morocco (Ksar-el-Kbir near Zarjouka, 1901, leg. Bucket) NHMB, MNHP [examined]. [
Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viaticus st. mauritanica var. tonsilis Santschi, 1929a: 32
, fig. 21, name not available.]
Cataglyphis viaticus var. velox Santschi
Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viatica var. velox Santschi, 1929a: 30
, figs 6, 34. Syntypes workers, Spain (Sevilla; De la Fuente and Dusmet), NHMB [examined]. [
Myrmecocystus viaticus, Emery, 1908: 216
;
Cataglyphis viaticus, Santschi, 1929a: 29
, 54; misidentifications.]