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SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE - Genus Cataglyphis Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel)

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{Cataglyphis adenensis petiole}

Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Yemen (Myrmecocystus viaticus r adenensis, Forel, 1904b: 382, footnote, worker; raised to species Santschi, 1929b: 41); subspecies bugnioni (Forel, 1908a: 16; Santschi, 1929b: 41, worker) from Egypt; worker only known.

Forel's (1904b) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1908a) description of bugnioni is at {original description}. Santschi (1929b: 52) had the description - {original description}.


Egypt records - bugnioni from Suez, 1 worker (Forel, 1908a).

{Cataglyphis adenensis}The photomontage is of a major worker from Kuwait, Camp Arifjan, 28°52'00"N 48°09'50"E, elev 42 m; 18.ix.2005; David King. Observed and collected while foraging singly during the day; also recorded at Camp Doha, west of Kuwait City, where it was active at night. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

{Cataglyphis adenensis minor}The photomontage is of a minor worker also from Kuwait.
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