Cataglyphis rubra

Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903) Fig. 12 Myrmecocystus albicans r. ruber Forel, 1903: 268 (w) Algeria. Palearctic. Diagnosis Head, mesosoma, petiole red, gaster brown; posterior margin of head with 6–10 straight, erect setae; petiole in profile low, with a flat dorsal surface sloping forward, in profile with node longer than high; propodeal dorsum making a blunt obtuse angle with declivity; mesosoma and petiole with pale appressed pubescence. Material examined This species was not collected during the present study. Ecological and biological notes Noted as a desert species by Moradloo et al. (2015). Geographic range Cataglyphis rubra was originally described from Algeria and is widely distributed throughout North Africa from the Atlas Mountains to Sinai Peninsula (Collingwood 1985; Collingwood & Agosti 1996). It is also recorded from Oman (Collingwood 1985), and UAE (Collingwood et al. 2011). This species has been recorded from Dhofar by Collingwood (1985).
Published as part of 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, pp. 1-106 in European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925, http://zenodo.org/record/7094306
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