Cataglyphis adenensis ( Forel, 1904 )

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 : 15-19

Cataglyphis adenensis ( Forel, 1904)

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Myrmecocystus viaticus r. adenensis Forel, 1904: 382 (footnote) (w) Yemen. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Bicolored species with head and mesosoma red or dull brown-red, gaster brown; head slightly longer than broad; petiole in profile with a rounded dome; mesosoma and petiole covered with whitish appressed pubescence.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

Nothing is known on the ecology or biology of this species.

Geographic range

A species was originally described from Yemen and subsequently recorded from Oman ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996), Kuwait, and UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011). A single worker was collected from Dhofar by Collingwood & Agosti (1996).

Figures

Fig. 9. Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel 1904), syntype, worker (CASENT0249890, AntWeb.org (Shannon Hartman)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.