Cataglyphis bombycinus (Roger)

Type location Libya (Formica bombycina, Roger, 1859: 232, illustrated, all forms) - no images on Antweb (July 2014)
junior synonym phaeogaster (Camponotus phaeogaster, Walker, 1871: 10, worker; synonymy Dalla Torre, 1893: 217) from Saudi Arabia - no images on Antweb (July 2014)
subspecies bruneipes (Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) bombycinus Rog. v. bruneipes n. var., Santschi, 1911i: 287, worker) from Tunisia - see below
all forms known.

With the fresh specimens, especially a major, I have elevated Cataglyphis bombycinus subspecies sinaiticus (Wheeler & Mann, 1916: 173, soldier & worker) from Egypt to species status as Cataglyphis sinaiticus.

Roger's (1859) description is at and . Walker's (1871) description of phaeogaster is at . Santschi's (1911i) description of bruneipes is at .

Agosti (1990a) synonymised "Camponotus phaenogaster" (Walker, 1871: 10) with bombycinus (based on the description apparently as he did not find the original specimens in London; the name is mis-spelt, as Walker used phaeogaster.

A desert species (Finzi, 1940); Agosti (1990a) listed syntype workers from Sudan (Red Sea & Nubia, legs. Schaum, Ehrenberg, Sichel).

From Egypt, it was illustrated by Savigny (Audouin, J.-V. 1825-27: Plate 20 Fig 5); referred to by Roger (1859: 32).

The photomontage of a major worker of bruneipes is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912186. An identical large (media) worker from Egypt can be seen on the linked page (see below).

The photomontage of a minor worker of bruneipes is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=0912187.

The photomontage is of specimens from Israel, sent to BT by Armin Ionescu. For photographs of specimens from Egypt and Sudan (collection records below), plus the various morphs go to Polymorphism examples.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cataglyphis bombycinus B Taylor det.	Israel B Shalmon	5.iii.1980 Timna	Hand collected	5
Cataglyphis bombycinus B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	23.xii.1997 Aswan 24°05' N 32°56' E	Wadi Allaqi	2
Cataglyphis bombycinus B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	7.v.2003 Zaranik 30°39' N 34°26' E		2
Cataglyphis bombycinus B Taylor det.	Sudan Z Mahmoud 2009-33, 35, 62	Selima Oasis 21°22'16.90" N 29°18'64.15" E	Hand collected	6