Cataglyphis tartessica
| Cataglyphis tartessica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. tartessica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis tartessica (Amor & Ortega, 2014)
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Cataglyphis tartessica is an ant species of the genus Cataglyphis, it is endemic to Spain, mostly Western Andalucia,[2] in the provinces of Huelva, Seville and Cadiz.
It belongs in a group shared by Cataglyphis floricola.[3]
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 differentations is the shape of the petiole.
References
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Amor & Ortega, 2014was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Distribution map of C. tartessica".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cataglyphis tartessica sp.n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in south-western Spain".
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