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- A survey in Cyprus found two new endemic ant species in the Cataglyphis genus, specifically Cataglyphis chionistrae and Cataglyphis aphrodite.
- Cataglyphis chionistrae is located in the high montane pine forests of Mt. Chionistra, while Cataglyphis aphrodite is found in open habitats at lower altitudes.
- The research includes a key for identifying Cataglyphis species in Cyprus and a comprehensive list of cursor and nodus species complexes in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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The comprehensive survey of the ant fauna conducted in Cyprus revealed that the island is inhabited by two species of the genus Cataglyphis Förster, 1850. Both species are endemic and are described as new to science. Cataglyphis chionistrae n. sp., a member of the C. cursor species complex, occurs only in the high montane pine forest of Mt. Chionistra (= Mt. Olympos). While C. aphrodite n. sp., a member of the C. nodus species complex, is common at low and mid altitudes in open habitats or luminous pine forests. This work also provides the key to Cataglyphis from Cyprus and the very first synopsis lists of all the members of the cursor and nodus species complexes known from the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
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