Key to Cataglyphis workers of Cyprus

1 Petiole squamiform, body black, legs sometimes yellowish brown, alpine species found only on the peak of Mt. Troodos (Olympus/Chionistra) (Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6).................................................... C. chionistrae n. sp.

- Petiole nodiform, body red, gaster black or brownish-black, thermoxerophylous lowland species (Figs. 11, 12, 15, 16)............................................................................................ C. aphrodite n. sp.