The Ants of Africa
Genus Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis tonsilis Santschi
altisquamis-group

Cataglyphis tonsilis Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Morocco (Cataglyphis (Monocombus) viatica F. stirps mauritanica Em. tonsilis n. var. Santschi, 1929b: 32, illustrated, all forms; raised to species by Cagniant, 2009: 49) Maroc occidental, Ksar-el-Kbir to Zarjouka, 1901, Buchet.

Cataglyphis tonsilisSantschi's (1929b) description as a variety of mauritanica is at {original description}. Cagniant (2009) noted it as a form that is a dull red on the anterior
body and with the dorsum glabrous, HW 2.7-2.8 mm, SI 115-121.

{Cataglyphis tonsilis major}The photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912202

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