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Published on: August 30, 2022
The ant genus Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus
Sebastian Salata1, Jakovos Demetriou2, Christos Georgiadis3
1University of Wrocław; Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy; Myrmecological Laboratory; Przybyszewskiego 65; 51-148 Wrocław; Poland. sebastian.salata@uwr.edu.pl.
Abstract:
The comprehensive survey of the ant fauna conducted in Cyprus revealed that the island is inhabited by two species of the genus Cataglyphis Förster, 1850. Both species are endemic and are described as new to science. Cataglyphis chionistrae n. sp., a member of the C. cursor species complex, occurs only in the high montane pine forest of Mt. Chionistra (= Mt. Olympos). While C. aphrodite n. sp., a member of the C. nodus species complex, is common at low and mid altitudes in open habitats or luminous pine forests. This work also provides the key to Cataglyphis from Cyprus and the very first synopsis lists of all the members of the cursor and nodus species complexes known from the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
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