Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 570

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:10D447D5-D5C0-409F-85FC-6E3E4619C487
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6422554
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B59A00-FFCF-FF9D-6BB0-F915FE90FF7D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)
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Myrmecocystus albicans var. livida André, 1881: 58 . Combination in Cataglyphis: Wheeler & Mann, 1916:173 View in CoL . Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1964: 1810.

This species is widely distributed from Egypt to Afghanistan ( Radchenko, 1997) and has been reported from all countries of the Arabian Peninsula ( Collingwood, 1985; Tigar and Collingwood, 1993; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996; Tigar and Osborne, 1999; Collingwood et al. 2011). Cataglyphis livida is a common species at Rawdhat Khorim. Populations increase in spring and peak in June. This species was found abundantly foraging on Acacia gerrardii Benth.