Cataglyphis shuaibensis

The type material was obtained from a group of nests was found in a protected south-facing terrace just below the summit of Djebel an-Nabi Shuaib at approximately 3300 m.

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species comes near to Cataglyphis aenescens and allied species in south-eastern Europe and Turkestan.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen.

Nomenclature

 *  shuaibensis. Cataglyphis shuaibensis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 382 (w.) YEMEN.

Worker
Holotype: TL 6.3; HL 1.60; HW 1.32; SL 1.64; EL 0.42; PW 0.82; PL 0.29.

Colour totally black except for mid-brown tarsi. The gaster is brilliant and the head, alitrunk and petiole are shining with superficial reticulate sculpture. There are no dorsal hairs on the alitrunk, three pairs on the first tergite dorsum and there are long hairs on the inside femora and tibiae. The propodeum is high with the dorsal and descending faces of nearly equal length.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Yemen, Djebel an-Nabi Shuaib, 18.III.l993, C.A. Collingwood. - Paratypes: males, workers, same series as holotype and nests from the same locality.