Notes on Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 of the bicolor species-group in Israel, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Authors

  • A. Ionescu The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. E-mail: armini@tauex.tau.ac.il
  • P.-A. Eyer School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, ants, morphometry, new species, Israel, Middle East, Palaearctic, identification key

Abstract

Five species of Cataglyphis belonging to the bicolor species-group are recorded from Israel, including a new species, C. israelensis n. sp. The relationships of the new species with other bicolor group species in the region, and relationships among species in the niger species-complex are discussed. The identification of isolated specimens belonging to the five Israeli species by morphological characters is investigated.

 

Cite as: Ionescu, A. & Eyer, P.-A. 2016. Notes on Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 of the bicolor species-group in Israel, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 46: 109–131.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.221456

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FE0E11B-3411-4204-A63D-DB23DDE5A379

Cataglyphis israelensis holotype worker, lateral view.

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2016-12-27

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Vol. 46 (2016)

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