Cataglyphis niger (André, 1881)

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 572

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6422556
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scientific name	Cataglyphis niger (André, 1881)
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Cataglyphis niger (André, 1881) View in CoL

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Myrmecocystus viaticus var. niger André , 188l: 56. Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925:265 View in CoL . Raised to species: Collingwood 1985:290.

This species was originally described from Israel and recorded from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Yemen ( Collingwood, 1985; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996), UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011) and Syria ( Santschi, 1929b). It is common at Rawdhat Khorim with peak abundance in June and decreasing during cooler months. Workers were collected from the following plants: Acacia gerrardii Benth (Fabaceae) , C. procera , Rhazya stricta Decne (Apocynaceae) and Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. f) Wight & Arn. ( Rhamnaceae ).

References

Collingwood, C. A. (1985) Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia, 7, 230 - 302.

Collingwood, C. A. & Agosti, D. (1996) Formicidae of Saudi Arabia (Part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 15, 300 - 385.

Collingwood, C. A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M. R. & Van Harten T. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, Family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 405 - 474.

Emery, C. (1925) Hymenoptera, Fam. Formicidae, subfam. Formicinae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 183, pp. 1 - 302.

Santschi, F. (1929 b) Etude sur les Cataglyphis. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 36, 25 - 70.

Figures

FIGURE 5. a, b Cataglyphis minima (CASENT0249862, Saudi Arabia), c, d, Cataglyphis niger (CASENT0280330, Yemen); e, f, Messor ebeninus (CASENT0249861, Saudi Arabia); g, h, Monomorium mayri (CASENT0249904, India).