Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander)
 Iran list  Type location Russia
(Formica aenescens
n.sp., Nylander, 1849: 37, all forms; modern
status
as species, Pisarski, 1967: 416; Tarbinsky, 1976: 203) "Russia
meridionali" ex D. V. Motschulski - no images on Antweb (April 2017).
Radchenko (2007: 36) stated the type specimens were intact in the
Finnish Museum of Natural History and "correspond to the modern
treatment of Cataglyphis aenescens".
junior synonyms
caspius (Myrmecocystus cursor var caspius,
Ruzky, 1902b: 470, queen & male, Ruzsky, 1905b: 447, worker;
synonymy Emery, 1906d: 173; Karavaiev, 1910b: 18) from Russia -
no images on Antweb (July 2014).
jakobsoni (Ruzsky, 1905b: 436, worker) from Turkestan
- no images on Antweb (July 2014).
subspecies
chatkalensis (Tarbinsky, 1976: 202, worker) from Kirgizia
- no images on Antweb (July 2014).
georgicus (Arnol'di, 1968: 1816, illustrated, queen
& male) from Georgia - no images on Antweb (July 2014).
tancrei (Myrmecocystus cursor Fonsc. var Tancrei
n. stirps, Forel, 1901h;
66, worker; Forel, 1904b: 383, male, Ruzsky, 1905b: 446, queen) from China
(type loc as in Bolton, 1995; China NW, Xinjiang Province, in Lelej,
2002: 22) - see below.
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  Nylander's (1849)
description is at  .
Forel's (1901h) description of tancrei
is at  .
Emery (1906d: 173) gave
an illustrated comparison with the type cursor, this is at  .
Pisarski (1967: 416) gave a summary of
references and distribution in Afghanistan; this is at  .
Pisarski separated jakobsoni as a
separate species in which the petiole is more conical.
In cursor-group of Agosti (1990: 1465) - petiole
squamiform and upright, mandible with five teeth, third maxillary palp
never flattened and without long erect hairs, gaster with sparse
pubescence; frons longitudinally striate; AL < 4 mm; FI (first
funiculus segment/second funiculus segment length X 100) < 180 [this
species ca 160]; monomorphic size variation in workers. Main candidate
perhaps aenescens [Latin aenescens = coppery/bronze]. See
Cataglyphis cursor.
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The
photomontage of the type worker of tancrei
is collated from 
Worker from Iran,
collector R Nafisi (03.01)
Worker from Iran,
collector R Nafisi (03.03)