Cataglyphis diehlii

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species and Cataglyphis isis, Cataglyphis laevior, and Cataglyphis flavobrunnea are distinguished from others in the C. bicolor group by the shorter funiculus segments, the high narrow petiole, the long, slit-shaped propodeal spiracle and the extremely flat propodeum of small workers.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Kuwait, Oman.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecocystus viaticus r. diehlii Forel, 1902g: 462.
 * [First available use of Myrmecocystus viaticus r. desertorum var. diehlii Forel, 1902a: 156 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1489).]
 * Combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis): Forel, 1913d: 434;
 * combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 98; Emery, 1925b: 265;
 * combination in C. (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 51.
 * Subspecies of bicolor: Emery, 1906d: 58; Emery, 1908g: 217; Forel, 1909e: 384 (redescription); Karavaiev, 1912a: 17; Emery, 1925b: 265; Santschi, 1929b: 51; Stitz, 1932b: 737; Bernard, 1953a: 199; Cagniant, 1970c: 30.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1913d: 434; Collingwood, 1985: 287; Wehner, 1986: 108; Agosti, 1990b: 1489; Bolton, 1995b: 135; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 378; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Cagniant, 2009: 50; Borowiec, L. 2014: 54.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
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 * Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
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