Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle 1832)

Usually associated with sandy soils. Active during midday, even at very high temperatures. Nesting in dry stony habitats.

Southwest Europe, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus

Formica nodus Brullé, 1833 PDF: 326, pl. 48, fig. 1 (w.) GREECE. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 44.[Misspelled as nuda by Santschi, 1929b PDF: 50 (in text), Santschi, 1933b PDF: 108; misspelled as nobus by Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list).].Combination in Myrmecocystus: Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 449.Junior synonym of Cataglyphis viatica: Roger, 1861b PDF: 163; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 44 (in key); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 402; Roger, 1863b PDF: 12; André, 1874c: 202 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 449; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 218.Subspecies of Cataglyphis bicolor: Emery, 1925d PDF: 265; Soudek, 1925b PDF: 15; Santschi, 1926f PDF: 290; Menozzi, 1927e PDF: 119; Finzi, 1928c PDF: 791; Menozzi, 1929f: 128; Santschi, 1929b PDF: 43; Santschi, 1929c PDF: 106; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 317; Santschi, 1931a: 13; Santschi, 1932c PDF: 520; Menozzi, 1932e PDF: 454; Santschi, 1933b PDF: 108; Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 86; Santschi, 1934d PDF: 281; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 104; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 54; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 192; Santschi, 1936c PDF: 210; Menozzi, 1936b PDF: 305; Finzi, 1939c PDF: 160; Santschi, 1939c PDF: 7; Menozzi, 1940a PDF: 271; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 165; Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list); Bernard, 1948 PDF: 162; Bernard, 1950c PDF: 292; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1065; Bernard, 1953a PDF: 199; Délye, 1960 PDF: 261; Hamann & Klemm, 1967 PDF: 419; Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 30.Junior synonym of Cataglyphis bicolor: Wehner et al., 1983: 7.Status as species: Arnol'di, 1964 PDF: 1802; Pisarski, 1965 PDF: 421; Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 128; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 290; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 284 (in key); Agosti, 1990b PDF: 1489; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 153; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 291; Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997e PDF: 433; Gallé et al., 1998: 217; Radchenko, 1998a: 505 (in key); Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 234; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 146; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 67; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 110 (in key); Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 143; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 132; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 154; Lush, 2009 10.1080/09397140.2009.10638357: 116; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 58; Collingwood et al., 2011 PDF: 462; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 59; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 34; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 75; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 486; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 9; Borowiec & Salata, 2013 PDF: 383; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 58; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 19; Lebas et al., 2016: 164; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 5; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 44; Seifert, 2018: 298; Khalili-Moghadam et al., 2019 10.2478/pjen-2019-0013 PDF: 169.Senior synonym of Cataglyphis nodus caucasicola: Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 153; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997e PDF: 433; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 132.Senior synonym of Cataglyphis nodus mesasiatica: Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997e PDF: 433.Senior synonym of Cataglyphis viatica orientalis: Emery, 1925d PDF: 265; Finzi, 1928c PDF: 791; Santschi, 1929b PDF: 43; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 317; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1065; Pisarski, 1965 PDF: 421; Agosti, 1990b PDF: 1489; Bolton, 1995b: 136; Radchenko, 1997e PDF: 433; Gallé et al., 1998: 217; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 59; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 9.Senior synonym of Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris: Borowiec & Salata, 2013 PDF: 383 (in text).

Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola Foerst.: Forel 1892

Records

(Map 74): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Central Predbalkan: Dermantsi vill. (Lukovit), Balgarski izvor vill. (Teteven), Lukovit [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Central Stara Planina Mts: Shipka pass ( Csősz and Markó 2005 ); Eastern Stara Planina Mts: Sliven [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)], along Belenska river [ Atanasov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Zemen Gorge: Skakavitsa station (Kyustendil) [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Sofia Basin: surroundings of Sofia ( Antonova and Penev 2006 ); Podbalkan Basins: Rose valley ( Atanassov et al. 1955 ); Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts: Benkovski peak ( Atanassov 1934 ); Lozenska Planina Mts ( Vassilev and Evtimov 1973 ): north of Pasarel vill. ( Antonova and Penev 2008 ); Thracian Lowland: Pazardzhik [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)], Svilengrad,Ognyanovo ( Atanassov and Vassileva 1976 , Hubenov et al. 1998 ), Plovdiv [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Bakadzhik-Burgas district: Aytos [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)]; Strandzha Mt. ( Antonova et al. in press ): Papia peak [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Osogovska Planina Mt.: Osogovo hut (Kyustendil) [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Ograzhden Mt. [ Atanassov 1964 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Boboshevo-Simitli Valley: Kocherinovo [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)]; Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: west of Petrich, along Strumeshnitsa river, around Marikostino vill., Marino pole vill. [ Atanassov 1964 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Pirin Mt.: Vihren ( Csősz and Markó 2005 ); Slavianka Mt. [ Atanassov 1934 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus )]; Western Rhodopi Mts: Asenovgrad [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)], Peshtera [ Atanassov 1934 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. and Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)]; Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Momchilgrad, Madzharovo, between Dabovets vill. and Kamilski dol vill. (Ivaylovgrad) ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a ); Northern Black Sea coast: Evksinograd palace ( Atanassov 1936 ); Southern Black Sea coast: Veselie vill., Sozopol [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmecocystus viaticus Fab. var. megalocola)].

Notes:

Atanassov and Dlusskij (1992) without any comments referred to records of Myrmecocystus viaticus var. megalocola ( Forel 1892 , Atanassov 1934 ), and Cataglyphis viaticus(Atanassov 1934 , 1936 , 1964 , Atanassov et al. 1955 , Vassilev and Evtimov 1973 ) to Cataglyphis nodus . The first name is now considered as a junior synonym of Cataglyphis bicolor ( Förster ) - the species is distributed mostly in North Africa and probably in the Middle East. Cataglyphis viaticus is definitely known from Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. At the same time, in Balkans, lives single species from the bicolor species-group: Cataglyphis nodus . As the taxonomy of this genus was studied insufficiently previously to the last two decades, all old records of Cataglyphis bicolor and Cataglyphis viaticus for Bulgaria most probably belong to Cataglyphis nodus .