The Ants of Africa
Genus Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel)
{Cataglyphis abyssinicus}

Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Ethiopia (Myrmecocystus viaticus r. abyssinicus, Forel, 1904b: 362, worker & queen; raised to species Collingwood, 1985: 206) .

Forel's (1904b) description is at {original description}. Santschi (1929b: 52) had the description - {original description}.

Apparently a smallish species, workers TL 7.0-9.5 mm.

Wheeler (1922: 944) gave the locations as - type location, Ingfal, Ethiopia, by Kachovskij; also from Schoa, western Ethiopia, by Alfred Ilg. Santschi (1929b) was sent the type specimen by Forel, so his illustration is likely to be a good one; he also listed other Ethiopia specimens from Obok, collector Maindron, and, unknown location, collector Dr A Reichensperger.

Agosti (1990a: 1468) has it as the sole member of the bicolor-group abyssinicus-complex.

{Cataglyphis abyssinicus} The photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan, Alrhad, South Kordofan Province, collector Awatif Omer, 2006.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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