Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Mohamed, Amr A., Fisher, Brian L. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2020, A Preliminary Synopsis of the Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with Remarks on the Zoogeography, Annales Zoologici 70 (4), pp. 533-560 : 540

Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940

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

Diagnosis. Worker. Head, mesosoma, and petiole yellow, gaster golden yellow, and apex of terminal gastral tergites brown, in some individuals the body is uniform yellow; propodeum distinctly low in profile; petiole a truncated node with a flat dorsal surface sloping forward in profile; mesosoma covered with dense, whitish, appressed pubescence.

Material examined. Qatar, Msaid Road , 09.iv.2005, 24 ° 59 ’ N, 51 ° 33 ’ E, (M.S. Abdel-Dayem leg.) (1w) ; Al Kharara-Seleiyn Road , 09.iv.2005, 24 ° 53 ’ N, 51 ° 10 ’ E, (M.S. Abdel-Dayem leg.), 2w, ( KSMA) .

Geographic distribution. A Palearctic species originally described from Algeria and is known from Jordan ( Borowiec and Sałata 2020) KSA, Oman ( Collingwood and Agosti 1996), UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011), and Egypt ( Sharaf 2006). This species is recorded for the first time from Qatar.

Figures

Figure 8. Cataglyphis arenaria, worker, A, body in profile B, body in dorsal view C, head in full-face view, CASENT0906455 (Cerise Chen), www.AntWeb.org.