Cataglyphis urens

This bright red species with the high-raised propodeum has so far only been taken in the south and south-west of the Arabian Peninsula below 25°30'N and is not known from outside Arabia. The specimens along the Arabian Gulf coast in the United Arab Emirates have sometimes some variation of propodeal height within one single nest. (Collingwood and Agosti 1996)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  urens. Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985: 290 (w.m.) OMAN. [First available use of Cataglyphis bicolor st. abyssinica var. urens Santschi, 1929b: 52; unavailable name.]