Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica cursor Fonscolombe, 1846 PDF: 41 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: France: Aix (
B. de Fonscolombe). Primary type depository: MNHN ? Type notes:
Horn & Kahle, 1935: 79, say that Fonscolombe’s “collection has suffered greatly”; its remnants are in MNHN.
AntCat AntWiki Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 60;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 9;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 45 (in key);
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 402;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 12;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 166;
André, 1874b: 182 (in key);
Mayr, 1877a: 8;
Emery, 1878: 48;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 449;
Mayr, 1880 PDF: 28;
André, 1881c PDF: 59;
André, 1882c PDF: 170 (in key);
Costa, 1884 PDF: 34;
Forel, 1886e PDF: clxvii;
Forel, 1886h PDF: 204;
Nasonov, 1889: 14;
Mayr, 1889 PDF: 278;
Saunders, 1890 PDF: 203;
Forel, 1892j PDF: 306;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 217;
Ruzsky, 1896 PDF: 68;
Ruzsky, 1902a PDF: 232;
Forel, 1906c PDF: 189;
Emery, 1906f PDF: 47;
Karavaiev, 1910 PDF: 269;
Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 18;
Forel, 1911f PDF: 354;
Karavaiev, 1916a PDF: 507;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 267;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 38;
Wheeler, 1922: 944;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 86;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 149;
Karavaiev, 1924 PDF: 301;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 263;
Karavaiev, 1927d: 287 (in key);
Santschi, 1929b PDF: 58 (in key);
Karavaiev, 1936: 263;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 108 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1065;
Ceballos, 1956: 317;
Dlussky, 1962 PDF: 183;
Samšiňák, 1964 PDF: 158;
Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 8;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 281 (redescription);
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 86;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 243;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 92 (in key);
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 285 (in key);
Agosti, 1990b PDF: 1481;
Bolton, 1995b: 135;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 110 (in key);
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 156;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 480;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 34;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 486;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 9;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 54;
Lebas et al., 2016: 166.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Turkey Europe: France Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Ruderal, 1 times found in arid, parking lot.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Open nest in ground, 1 times ground foragers.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times Hand, 1 times search.
Elevations: collected from 5 - 600 meters, 309 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1975-05-06 00:00:00.0 and 2020-08-13 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: syntype of Cataglyphis cursor: casent0913667
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia