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viaticus-group |
setipes-complex |
Cataglyphis fortis (Forel)
Type location Algeria (Myrmecocystus
albicans var fortis, Forel, 1902a: 156, worker; Wehner,
1983: 95, queen & male)
junior synonym halophila (Bernard,
1954: 48, illustrated, worker) from Algeria [unavailable from HNS].
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Forel's
(1902a) description is solely - "6 to 9 mm long; with
white pubescence very distinct on the propodeum, also visible on the
pronotum. Found near to Tongourt, on the road to Temacin (Diehl). In
the Atlas the typical form (of albicans is 3.5-7 mm long. At
Oued-Mela, close to Gabč in the Tunisian desert I found workers up to 8
mm long, close to those of fortis.
Wehner's (1983) study with descriptions is at .
Whole body shiny black; albicans from
the same collecting area had the head light red-brown, pro- and
mesonotum darker red-brown,; antennae, tibiae and tarsi red-brown to
lighter
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The
photomontage of a type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911098.
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The
photomontage of a worker of halophila is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915498.
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The
photomontage of a worker, presumably from the collections in Tunisia
listed by Wehner (1983: 94),
is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0906296.
While this has the same general appearance as the above type specimens,
it has a noticeably wider haed, perhaps due to it being a major worker.
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