Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 25

Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985

Fig. 14

Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985: 290 (w, m) Oman. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Head and mesosoma dark red, gaster dark brown to black; appendages brown-red; propodeum in profile with a high dorsum meeting declivity in a rounded right angle; petiole lower, clearly longer than high in profile; several pairs of sparse setae on cephalic dorsum, promesonotum, propodeum, petiole, and gastral tergites.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

Nothing has been published on the ecology of this species.

Geographic range

This species was originally described from Dhofar, Oman ( Collingwood 1985) based on a single worker, and also recorded from KSA, UAE, and Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996).

Figures

Fig. 14. Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985, syntype, worker (CASENT0922340, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.