Cataglyphis setipes (Forel)

Iran list

Type location India (Myrmecocystus viaticus, Fab. r. setipes n. st., Forel, 1894c: 401, worker; Ruzky, 1902d: 9, queen & male; raised to species Bingham, 1903: 312). Agosti (1990) has the setipes complex as known from Morocco and Ghana to Central Asia and the Ganges River.

Forel's (1894c) description is at . Bingham (1903: 313) provided an illustrated description; this is at .

Petiole nodiform, gaster raised in locomotion, propodeum arched (from key to species-groups in Agosti, 1990). The setipes complex was given by Agosti (1990) as having workers which are large (alitrunk length < 5 mm) bicoloured with thick, bristle-like pubescence on the hind tibiae. Santschi (1929b) noted it also as dull red with a black gaster.

Bingham (1903) wrote of it as - WORKER - TL 10-12 mm; head, alitrunk and pedicel node dark red, gaster black, the legs darker than the alitrunk almost black; pilosity on head, alitrunk and gaster sparse, confined to a few scattered erect hairs, most numerous on the underside of the gaster; legs densely setose and spinose; pubescence extremely minute and fine, but with a silvery glint, giving the whole ant a dull subopaque appearance.

C. setipes appears to be limited to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent countries. I am sure the Ghana record was a confusion with Cataglyphis seticornis.

The photomontage of a worker from the type collection is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249882

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cataglyphis setipes B Taylor det.	India A Lenoir 145c	23.ii.2012 Agra 27.18° N 78.02° E	171 m Major & minor workers	2
Cataglyphis setipes B Taylor det.	India A Lenoir 145d	25.ii.2012 Jaipur 26.93° N 75.82° E	431 m Minor workers	2
Cataglyphis setipes B Taylor det.	Iran R Nafisi 02	17.x.2012 35°57'N 57°48'E	Sheshtamad-Sabzevar- Khorasan 4460 ft Desert	3
Cataglyphis setipes B Taylor det.	Iran S Moradloo 07	21.viii.2012 35.36°N  51.26°E	Kahrizak 1062 m 44°C Desert	1
Cataglyphis setipes B Taylor det.	Iran E Aram 17	19.vii.2012 37.15°N 48.25°E	Nemahil 700 m hand collected mountain on soil
Cataglyphis setipes B Taylor det.	Iran G Abolfathi 09	05.viii.2013 33.924189°N 48.746051°E 1655 m	Seyed Hasan Park, Borujerd hand collected park major worker	1

The photomontage is of a major worker from India, Agra, collector Alain Lenoir (Lenoir 145c).

The photomontage is of a minor worker from India, Agra, collector Alain Lenoir (Lenoir 145c).

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Iran, Kahrizak, collector R Nafisi (02).

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Iran, Kahrizak, collector S Moradloo (07).