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Sahara Desert ant
Species of ant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sahara Desert ant (Cataglyphis bicolor) is a desert-dwelling ant of the genus Cataglyphis. It primarily inhabits the Sahara Desert and is one of the most heat tolerant animals known to date. However, there are at least four other species of Cataglyphis living in the Sahara desert,[1] for example C. bombycina, Cataglyphis savignyi [sv], Cataglyphis mauritanicus [sv] and C. fortis. Also, specimens of C. bicolor have been found well north of Sahara.[1]
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Sahara Desert ant | |
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C. bicolor worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Cataglyphis |
Species: | C. bicolor |
Binomial name | |
Cataglyphis bicolor Fabricius, 1793 | |
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