Cataglyphis
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Cataglyphis is a genus of desert-dwelling ants famed for their remarkable navigation abilities and tolerance of extreme heat.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cataglyphis canonical | 1 |
| Cataglyphis bicolor | 1 |
| Cataglyphis bombycina | 1 |
| Cataglyphis fortis | 1 |
| Cataglyphis nodus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3994980 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cataglyphis Context triple: [Formicinae, containsTaxon, Cataglyphis]
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A.
Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis is a genus of Old World ants that includes several ecologically dominant and often invasive species, such as the yellow crazy ant.
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B.
Nothomyrmecia
Nothomyrmecia is a rare and primitively structured Australian ant genus often referred to as the “dinosaur ant” due to its ancient evolutionary lineage and basal characteristics.
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C.
Lasius
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
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D.
Myrmecia
Myrmecia is a genus of large, aggressive Australian ants commonly known as bull ants or jack jumper ants, noted for their powerful stings and excellent vision.
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E.
Tapinoma
Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cataglyphis Target entity description: Cataglyphis is a genus of desert-dwelling ants famed for their remarkable navigation abilities and tolerance of extreme heat.
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A.
Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis is a genus of Old World ants that includes several ecologically dominant and often invasive species, such as the yellow crazy ant.
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B.
Nothomyrmecia
Nothomyrmecia is a rare and primitively structured Australian ant genus often referred to as the “dinosaur ant” due to its ancient evolutionary lineage and basal characteristics.
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C.
Lasius
Lasius is a genus of small, often soil-dwelling ants commonly found in temperate regions, known for tending aphids for honeydew and forming large, populous colonies.
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D.
Myrmecia
Myrmecia is a genus of large, aggressive Australian ants commonly known as bull ants or jack jumper ants, noted for their powerful stings and excellent vision.
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E.
Tapinoma
Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| bodyColoration | often pale or silvery to reflect sunlight ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| colonyStructure | monogynous colonies in many species ⓘ |
| commonName | desert ants ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Cataglyphis bicolor
ⓘ
linked to:
Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis bombycina ⓘ
linked to:
Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis fortis ⓘ
linked to:
Cataglyphis
Cataglyphis nodus ⓘ
linked to:
Cataglyphis
|
| describedBy |
André Forel
ⓘ
linked to:
August Forel
|
| describedInYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| diet |
dead insects
ⓘ
scavenged arthropod corpses ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | solitary foraging ⓘ |
| foragingTime | hottest part of the day ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| movement | fast running ⓘ |
| navigationCue |
polarized light pattern in the sky
ⓘ
position of the sun ⓘ step counting for distance estimation ⓘ |
| navigationStrategy |
celestial compass orientation
ⓘ
path integration ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
open desert plains
ⓘ
sandy soils ⓘ |
| notableFor |
remarkable navigation abilities
ⓘ
tolerance of extreme heat ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| predatorAvoidance | foraging during times when many predators are inactive ⓘ |
| reproduction | nuptial flights ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model organism for navigation studies
ⓘ
model organism for thermal physiology ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
behavioral ecologists
ⓘ
neuroethologists ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formicinae ⓘ |
| thermalAdaptation |
long legs elevating body above hot ground
ⓘ
rapid foraging runs to reduce heat exposure ⓘ |
| thermalTolerance | high body temperature tolerance ⓘ |
| tribe | Formicini ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cataglyphis Description of subject: Cataglyphis is a genus of desert-dwelling ants famed for their remarkable navigation abilities and tolerance of extreme heat.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cataglyphis
linked to: Cataglyphis
linked to: Cataglyphis
linked to: Cataglyphis