Cataglyphis isis ( Forel, 1913 )

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 isis ( Forel, 1913)

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Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) diehlii var. isis Forel, 1913: 434 (w) Egypt. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Body color black; first funicular segment less than 1.4 × as long as second; propodeal dorsum in profile low; mesosoma and petiole with dense whitish appressed pubescence; petiolar node higher than long in profile; gaster slightly sculptured and dull.

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

A species originally described from Egypt and recorded from several countries in the Middle East including Oman, KSA ( Collingwood 1985), UAE, Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996; Collingwood et al. 2011), Israel ( Ionescu & Eyer 2016), Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran ( Pisarski 1965). Cataglyphis isis was recorded from Dhofar ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996) based on two worker specimens.

Figures

Fig. 11. Cataglyphis isis (Forel, 1913), syntype, worker (CASENT0912205,AntWeb.org (Will Ericson)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.