Contents Ants from Iran - FORMICINAE - Cataglyphis

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Notes: Wherever possible the thumbnail images are of major workers. Species are shown on linked pages. These are in one of three formats - "Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa" pages; "Ants of Egypt" pages; "Ants from Iran" pages.

¤ = compared with type images (or type of subspecies, etc.)


FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel)
Ghahari 2011 ?
Cataglyphis abyssinicus
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander) (subspecies) R Nafisi - 03 - Rodab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 18.x.2012

P 2008 N & E (Radchenko, Taylor) see AntBase.net No. 00855, North Khorasan. 11.vi.2004, Zahra Rahmani

Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan

Latibari et al. (2017) Mashhad, Khorasan-e-Razavi.


Cataglyphis aenescens
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis albicans (Forel) ssp armenus Arnol'di (armenus type)
R Nafisi - 05 - Rodab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 18.x.2012
F Heidary - 08 - Lamerd. 3.v.2014

Major & minor workers
Cataglyphis albicans armenus major
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis alibabae Pisarski - no type images available
R Torabi - 08 - Baba Kouhi, Shiraz, 7.v.2014 Cataglyphis alibabae
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis altisquamis André
P 2008 N (Radchenko)
Catag;yphis altisquamis
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis auratus Menozzi
Ghahari 2009? rice
Cataglyphis auratus major
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis bellicosus (Karavaiev)
R Nafisi  - 01 - Rodab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 18.x.2012
S Moradloo - 04 - Gogje Ghiaye Markasi, 2.vii.2012, and 14 - Nasir Abad, 2.v.2013
E Aram - 19 - Mazraeh, 6.v.2012
F Safariyan - 02 - Abider Park, 5.ii.2014
G Abolfathi - 06 - Khomeini Square, Borujerd, 13.vii.2014, and 10 - Chogha Hill, Borujerd, 7.viii.2013
F Heidary - 04 - Chahkowr - 27.vi.2014
V H Kia - 08 - Janat Abad, Qom - 9.v.2014
F Borjali - 37 - Alborz, 15.iv.2014
F Jazini - 23 - Behesht-Zahra Park, 12.iv.2015

Major & minor workers
P 2008 N (Radchenko) see AntBase.net No. 00807
FMNHINS0000046224, "Cataglyphis bicolor nigra" Teheran, 2.viii.1934, Henry Field
Cataglyphis sp 2, CDA000111 - Isfahan Kashan, 26.ix.2011, Kh Nasiri
Cataglyphis bellicosus major
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis bergiana Arnol'di
P 2010 Central deserts - see AntBase.net No. 00806, Tabas, 15.v.2008, O Paknia

Note the Antweb specimen seems little different from C. bellicosus although bergiana may be a more uniform and darker colour.

The range of workers from S Moradloo includes workers from a major to minima with the major matching AntBase No. 00806 and the media matching AntBase No. 00807
No type images
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis bucharicus Emery
P 2008 N (Radchenko)

Cataglyphis CDA02; CDA000056, Markasi, Sangak, 25.v.2010, D Agosti
Cataglyphis bucharicus
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis cinnamomeous (Karavaiev)
P 2010 Central Deserts see AntBase.net No. 00821, Tabas, 15.v.2008, O Paknia
Note this, assuming the scales are correct, is considerably larger, some 1.5 X, than the type worker
Cataglyphis cinnamomeous
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi
P 2010 Alborz
Non-type image as determined by A Radchenko
Cataglyphis sp.1, Golestan NP, Mirzaballu A1, v.2007, O Paknia (also at see AntBase.net No. 00586)

Cataglyphis cugiai
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis cuneinodis Arnol'di - no type images available
F Safariyan - 01 - Ghajoor Bridge, 3.iv.2014

P 2008 (Radchenko)
Cataglyphis cuneinodis
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis diehlii (Forel)
Ghahari 2011 ?
Cataglyphis diehlii
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis emeryi (Karavaiev)
V H Kia - 11 - Veshnaveh, Qom, 14.v.2014

P 2008 N (Radchenko)

Latibari et al. (2017) Mashhad, Khorasan-e-Razavi (misspelt Cataglyphis emearyi)
Cataglyphis emeryi
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis foreli (Ruzsky)
R Afshari - 12 - Ghale Ghadam, Semirom, 16.v.2015

P 2008 NE (Radchenko)
Cataglyphis foreli
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis frigidus (Andre) v. persicus Emery
O Paknia - ZMGU 1419 - Miankaleh, viii.2004 * (type from "Persia", earlier listed by me as Cataglyphis aenescens)
E Aram - 15 - Firuzabad, 7.v.2012, and 32 - Firuzabad, 1.ix.2012
R Torabi - 12 - Enghelab Park, Shiraz, 30.1v.2014

Major & minor workers

P 2008 S (Radchenko) see AntBase.net No. 00586 (minor worker)
Cataglyphis frigidus persicus
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis isis (Forel)
Paknia & Pfeiffer (2011b) Mond Nature reserve - see AntBase.net No. 00587 Cataglyphis isis
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis kurdistanicus Pisarski - no type images available S Moradloo - 06 - Ghaliche Bolagh, 2.v.2013
E Aram - 14 - Jafarabad, 1.viii.2012
G Abolfathi - 11 - Gazza Square, Borujerd City, 31.v.2013
R Afshari - 14 -  Sha Ja'far, Semirom,  9,v,2014

Major & minor workers

P 2010 Zagros Mts - see AntBase.net No. 00588

Cataglyphis CDA01, CDA000054 - Tehran, Tojal, 6.iv.2010, D Agosti
Cataglyphis sp 5, CDA000108 - Isfahan Natanz, Yarand, ix.2011, Kh Nsiri
Cataglyphis kurdistanicus
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis lividus (André)
S Moradloo - 09 - Zarrin Abad, 20.vi.2012
E Aram - 18 - Hashtjin, 5.v.2012
F Safariyan - 27 - Seidan Village, 4.ii.2014
V H Kia - 10 - Jamkarak, Qom, 9.v.2014
R Afshari, 13 - Vanak, Semirom, 20.vii.2014

P 2008 NE N S (Radchenko)

Ghahari 2011

CASENT280329 - Save, 27.xii.1989, R Ghayourfar, No. 127
Cataglyphis lividus
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald) - no type images
M Seiri - 03 - Khojir National Park
F Jazini - 22 - Lavisan Park, 30.iv.2015

Major & minor workers
Cataglyphis longipedem major
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis niger André
E Aram - 20 - Nowdeh, 19.viii.2012
F Heidary - 06 - Khayrgou - 3.v.2014; 07 - Ashkenan, 3.v.2014
V H Kia - 09 - Kahak, Qom, 14.v.2014

Major & minor workers

P 2008 (Radchenko) see AntBase.net No. 00808, Ko;aghazi, 3.vii.2007, O Paknia

Cataglyphis sp 2, CDA000112 - Isfahan Kashan, Abuzeidabad, 14.v.2012, Kh Nasisri


Cataglyphis niger major
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis nigripes Arnol'di
P 2008 N & W (Radchenko)

Cataglyphis CDA03, CDA000055 - Kohgiluyeh-va-Boyeramad, Tang Gangei, 23.v.2010, D Agosti
Cataglyphis nigripes
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé) (ssp caucasicus) E Aram - 20 - Kamaradaraq, 27.v.2012
G Abolfathi - 07 - Chogha Hill, Borujerd, 7.viii.2013
V H Kia - 07 - Kohe Sefid, Qom, 5.ix.2014
Z Mahmoodi - 02, 03, 04 - Khoosar National Park, 1.viii.2015

Major & minor workers

P 2008 N & S (Collingwood, Radchenko)

Ghahari 2011

Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan

Latibari et al. (2017) Mashhad, Khorasan-e-Razavi (as Cataglyphis noda)
Cataglyphis nodus major
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis protuberatus Crawley
Crawley (1920b): collector Evans, Amara, 1918
(not listed by Paknia et al)
Cataglyphis protuberatus
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis pubescens Radchenko & Paknia
Radchenko & Paknia (2013) Yazd, Siakooh National Park, 23.v.2008, O Paknia
Small TL ca 4 mm; wholly black with sparse whitish erect hairs, head and alitrunk with dense whitish pubescence
Cataglyphis pubescens
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis rockingeri (Forel)
S Moradloo - 14 - Nasir Abad, 2.v.2013; new status (former Cataglyphis aenescens ssp rockingeri)
E Aram - 10 - Hashtjin, 20.ix.2012, and, 11 - Mazraeh, 5.vii.2012
M Seiri - 01 - Garamdar, 13.vi.2014

Major & minor workers
Cataglyphis rockingeri major
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis ruber (Forel)
S Moradloo - 07 - Kahrizak, 21.viii.2012
E Aram - 12 - Hafthekhaneh, 1.x.2012, and, 13 - Nemahil, 17.iv.2012
F Safariyan - 03 - Saral field, 4.ii.2014
F Jazini
- 01 - Birds Park, 18.i.2015

P 2008 NW (Radchenko) see AntBase.net No. 00880, "Cataglyphis sp.1", Mond P.A.,
Didehbani, vii-2007, O. Paknia (this is the dark form like that I have from Kuwait). The type form is more evenly and paler yellow-orange.

Cataglyphis ruber
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphiis semitonsa Santschi
Ghahari 2009, 2015 ?
Cataglyphis semitonsa
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis setipes Forel
R Nafisi - 02 - Rodab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 18.x.2012
S Moradloo 07 - Kahrizak, 21.viii.2012
E Aram - 17 - Nemahil, 19.vii.2012
G Abolfathi - 08 - Seyed Hasan Park, Borujerd, 05.viii.2013

Minor workers

P 2008 S (Radchenko)

Ghahari 2011
Cataglyphis setipes major
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis stigmatus Radchenko & Paknia
Radchenko & Paknia (2010); TL ca 5.0-7.0 mm; whole body yellow to orange-yellow
Cataglyphis stigmatus
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis turcomanica Crawley - new status Z Mahmoodi - 23 - Nahjol Balaghe Park, 19.v.2015
Cataglyphis turcomanica
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis viaticoides (André)
F Heidary - 05 - Ashkenan, 7.vii.2013
Z Mahmoodi - 01 - Khoosar National Park, 1.viii.2015, 24 - Eram Park, 26.x.2015

Major & minor workers
Cataglyphis viaticoides major
FORMICINAE Cataglyphis n.sp. Nafisi 04
R Nafisi - 04 - Neghab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 25.iii.2013; and, 18 - Sheshtamab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 17.x.2012 Cataglyphis Nafisi 04
FORMICINAE
Cataglyphis nsp Mahmoodi 11
Z Mahmoodi - 11 & 31 - Western Cascade, 1.viii.2015; 32 - Shohadaye-Khalij-e-Fars Lake, 22.iv.2015

Note: the specimen at AntBase.net No. 00873, Naiband NP, near Tobu Village, 19.vii.2007, O. Paknia, with a label "C. setipes Forel, 1894 det. A. Radchenko" is an exact match for this and is not the dark coloured red-black species that is C. setipes, see above.
Cataglyohis Mahmoodi 11 32

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