University of Wrocław; Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy; Myrmecological Laboratory; Przybyszewskiego 65; 51-148 Wrocław; Poland.
Department of Ecology and Systematics; Faculty of Biology; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; 15784 Athens; Greece; Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus; BFC RAF Akrotiri BFPO 57; Akrotiri; Cyprus; Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre; Acropoleos 2; Aglantzia 2101; Nicosia; Cyprus.
Zootaxa. 2023 Apr 14;5264(3):301-322. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.1.
The comprehensive survey of the ant fauna conducted in Cyprus revealed that the island is inhabited by two species of the genus Cataglyphis Förster, 1850. Both species are endemic and are described as new to science. Cataglyphis chionistrae n. sp., a member of the C. cursor species complex, occurs only in the high montane pine forest of Mt. Chionistra (= Mt. Olympos). While C. aphrodite n. sp., a member of the C. nodus species complex, is common at low and mid altitudes in open habitats or luminous pine forests. This work also provides the key to Cataglyphis from Cyprus and the very first synopsis lists of all the members of the cursor and nodus species complexes known from the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
在塞浦路斯进行的蚂蚁区系综合调查显示,该岛栖息着两种 CataglyphisFörster,1850 属。这两个物种都是地方性的,被描述为科学上的新种。Cataglyphis chionistrae n. sp.,是 C. cursor 种复合体的一员,仅存在于 Chionistra 山(=Olympus 山)的高山松林。而 C. aphrodite n. sp.,是 C. nodus 种复合体的一员,在低海拔和中海拔的开阔栖息地或光亮的松林很常见。这项工作还提供了塞浦路斯的 Cataglyphis 属的关键,以及东地中海地区已知的所有 cursor 和 nodus 种复合体成员的首次概要列表。