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| c. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects comprising the sawflies, Wasps Bees and Ants The name refers to Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order Formicinae is a Subfamily within the Formicidae containing Ants of moderate evolutionary development 65 species | ||||||||||||||||
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C. bicolor |
Cataglyphis is a genus of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The Sahara Desert ant ( Cataglyphis bicolor) is a Desert -dwelling Ant of the genus Cataglyphis. Cataglyphis hannae is a species of Ant in the family Formicidae The Saharan silver ant ( Cataglyphis bombycina) is a type of Ant that lives in the Sahara Desert. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order Formicinae is a Subfamily within the Formicidae containing Ants of moderate evolutionary development Its most famous species is C. bicolor, the Sahara Desert ant, which runs on hot sand to find insects that died of heat exhaustion, and can sustain body temperatures of up to 50°C. The Sahara Desert ant ( Cataglyphis bicolor) is a Desert -dwelling Ant of the genus Cataglyphis. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale.
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Description
Species of this genus are generally morphologically and physiologically adapted to dry and hot habitats[1]. The term morphology in Biology refers to the outward appearance ( Shape, Structure, Colour, Pattern) of an Organism Physiology (from Greek grc φύσις physis, "nature origin" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the mechanical physical An adaptation is a characteristic of an Organism that has been favored by Natural selection and
Distribution
At least five different species of Cataglyphis occur in the Sahara desert, which may be considered the center of distribution for this genus[2]. The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى aṣ-ṣaḥrā´ al-kubra, "The Great Desert" is the world's largest hot Desert and the world's second largest Some species reach into southern Russia, the European part of Turkey, the Aral-Caspian area near Tijanchan, Yugoslavia and Hungary[1]. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Aral, also known as Aralsk or Aral'sk, ( Kazakh: Арал, Russian: Аральск) is a small city in south-western Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering ( CASPIAN) is a USA Grass-roots Consumer group dedicated to fighting Supermarket "loyalty" See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
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References
- Bernard, F. The Sahara Desert ant ( Cataglyphis bicolor) is a Desert -dwelling Ant of the genus Cataglyphis. The Saharan silver ant ( Cataglyphis bombycina) is a type of Ant that lives in the Sahara Desert. Gustav L Mayr ( 12 October 1830, Vienna - 14 July 1908 Vienna was an Austrian Entomologist and Professor Cataglyphis hannae is a species of Ant in the family Formicidae Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. Dalmatia ( Croatian: Dalmacija, see names in other languages) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern (1968): Les fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale.
- Petrov, I. Z. (1986): Distribution of species of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) in Yugoslavia. Arh. biol. nauka 38: 11-12. PDF
- ITIS: Cataglyphis species list
Further reading
- Heusser, Daniel & Wehner, Rüdiger (2002): The visual centring response in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis. The Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 585-590. Full HTML - PDF
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