Cataglyphis fairmairei

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Cataglyphis fairmairei Foerster, 1850 junior synonym of current valid taxon Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)

Cataglyphis fairmairei Foerster, 1850b: 494 (m.) ALGERIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) male. Primary type locality: Algeria: Algiers (no further data). Primary type depository: unknown. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 78, Foerster’s formicid types are in MNHU, but Agosti, 1990b: 1487, says Cataglyphis fairmairei material could not be found. 3) Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 271, state that “according to our own search in German collections, type material of Förster is completely destroyed”. 4) However, perhaps specimens remain in MNHN as Foerster, 1850b (p. 486) thanks “Leon Fairmaire in Paris” for the specimens.

Junior synonym of Cataglyphis viatica: Nylander, 1856b: 59; Smith, 1858a: 9; Mayr, 1861: 45 (in key); Smith, 1861a: 32; Mayr, 1863a: 402; Roger, 1863b: 12; Dours, 1873: 166; André, 1874c: 202 (in list).
Junior synonym of Cataglyphis megalocola: Emery & Forel, 1879: 449; Dalla Torre, 1893: 217; Emery, 1925d: 266.
Junior synonym of Cataglyphis bicolor: Santschi, 1929b: 41; Agosti, 1990b: 1487; Bolton, 1995b: 134.

Citations

Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:1457-1505. PDF
André, Ern. 1874c. Description des fourmis d'Europe pour servir à l'étude des insectes myrmécophiles. [part]. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (3)2:193-224.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Dours, J. A. 1873. Catalogue synonymique des Hyménoptères de France. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Nord de la France 3:1-230. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:441-481. PDF
Foerster, A. 1850b. Eine Centurie neuer Hymenopteren. Zweite Dekade. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 7:485-500.
Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1935. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 1]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 2:1-160.
Mayr, G. 1861. Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp. PDF
Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
Nylander, W. 1856b. Synopsis des Formicides de France et d'Algérie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (4)5:51-109. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36:25-70. PDF
Seifert, B.; Schultz, R. 2009b. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12:255-272. PDF
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
Smith, F. 1861a. Descriptions of some new species of ants from the Holy Land, with a synonymic list of others previously described. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6:31-35. PDF

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