Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940

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 : 19

Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940

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Cataglyphis (Cataglyphis) albicans var. arenaria Finzi, 1940: 164 (w) Algeria. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Body color yellow, gaster frequently with a dark apex; propodeal dorsum low in profile; mesosoma bare except for few pairs of short setae on propodeum; mesosoma, posterior part of head and coxae covered with a layer of silvery appressed pubescence.

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

Cataglyphis arenaria was originally described from Algeria and has been recorded from Oman ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996), and UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011). Collingwood & Agosti (1996) reported this species from Dhofar based on two workers.

Figures

Fig. 10. Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940, worker (CASENT0263825, AntWeb.org (Will Ericson)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.