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

 *  diehlii. Myrmecocystus viaticus r. diehlii Forel, 1902g: 462 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA. [First available use of Myrmecocystus viaticus r. desertorum var. diehlii Forel, 1902a: 156; unavailable name.] Combination in Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis): Forel, 1913d: 434; in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 98; Emery, 1925b: 265. Subspecies of bicolor: Emery, 1906d: 58; Emery, 1925b: 265; Santschi, 1929b: 51. Raised to species: Forel, 1913d: 434; Collingwood, 1985: 287; Wehner, 1986: 108.