Cataglyphis tartessica is an ant species of the genus Cataglyphis, it is endemic to Spain, mostly Western Andalucia,[1] in the provinces of Huelva, Seville and Cadiz.
Cataglyphis tartessica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Cataglyphis |
Species: | C. tartessica
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Binomial name | |
Cataglyphis tartessica (Amor & Ortega, 2014)
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It belongs in a group shared by Cataglyphis floricola.[2]
Coloration wise this species looks similar to Cataglyphis velox with redish orange head and thorax and black gaster, although C. tartessica is more orange while C. velox is more brownish. One of the main physical differentiations is the shape of the petiole.
References
edit- ^ "Distribution map of C. tartessica". Archived from the original on 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Cataglyphis tartessica sp.n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in south-western Spain".
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