Cataglyphis minima

At Rawdhat Khorim, Saudi Arabia, C. minima has an abundance and foraging behavior similar to Cataglyphis nigra (Sharaf et al., 2013).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

Currently, C. minima appears to have a more restricted distribution in the Arabian Peninsula than other species of the genus. It was originally described from Saudi Arabia and recorded from UAE (Tigar and Collingwood, 1993) (Sharaf et al., 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  minima. Cataglyphis minima Collingwood, 1985: 289, fig. 75 (w.q.) SAUDI ARABIA.