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Cataglyphis nigra

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ12860720 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cataglyphis nigra, also known as the black desert ant, is a species of ant in the genus Cataglyphis.

Range

This species is found in North Africa, the Levant, and the northern regions of the Arabian Peninsula.

Behavior

Like other ants in the genus, Cataglyphis nigra workers can raise their gaster (abdomen) to a vertical position; this is thought to improve mobility in desert habitats.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Cataglyphis nigra” as species of insect. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12860720. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cataglyphis nigra” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.