Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)

Myrmecocystus cursor Fonsc. var. aenescens Nyl.: Atanassov 1936, 1964

Records

(Map 73): Bulgaria [Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus cursor var. aenescens)]; Eastern Danubian Plain: Dunav river valley (lower reaches) (Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); CentralPredbalkan: Vit river valley (middle reaches) (Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); EasternStara Planina Mts: Sliven [Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus cursor)]; Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts: Benkovski peak [Atanassov 1934 (as Myrmecocystus cursor)]; Bakadzhik-Burgas district: Aytos [Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus cursor)]; Strandzha Mt.: [Atanassov 1934 (as Myrmecocystus cursor)]; Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: west of Petrich, along Strumeshnitsa river, Kozhuh Mt. [Atanassov 1964 (as Myrmecocystus cursor var. aenescens)]; Western Rhodopi Mts: Peshtera [Atanassov 1934 (as Myrmecocystus cursor)]; Black Sea coast (Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Southern Black Sea coast: Pomorie, Burgas, Sozopol, Veselie vill. [Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus cursor)].

Notes:

Forel (1892) and Atanassov (1934) recorded Cataglyphis cursor (as Myrmecocystus cursor) from Bulgaria; the species distribution in Mediterranean region runs from Iberian peninsula to Greece (Agosti 1990, Radchenko 2007). We suggest that the occurence of Cataglyphis cursor (which can hardly be distinguished from Cataglyphis aenescens) is rather improbable, and old records of this species should be considered as belonging to Cataglyphis aenescens .