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Cataglyphis tartessica

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Cataglyphis tartessica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species:
C. tartessica
Binomial name
Cataglyphis tartessica
(Amor & Ortega, 2014)

Cataglyphis tartessica is an ant species of the genus Cataglyphis, it is endemic to Spain, mostly Western Andalucia,[1] in the provinces of Huelva, Seville and Cadiz.

It belongs in a group shared by Cataglyphis floricola.[2]

Coloration wise this species looks similar to Cataglyphis velox with redish orange head and thorax and black gaster, although C. tartessica is more orange while C. velox is more brownish. One of the main physical differentiations is the shape of the petiole.

References

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  1. ^ "Distribution map of C. tartessica". Archived from the original on 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Cataglyphis tartessica sp.n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in south-western Spain".
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