Cataglyphis vaucheri

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - SI 99-100. This black species is distinguished from Cataglyphis albicans by the reduced sculpture. The head, which is wider relative to the promesonotum compared with C albicans, is brilliant and the alitrunk has very superficial sculpture.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. vaucheri Emery, 1906d: 54, fig. 17 (w.) MOROCCO.
 * Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263;
 * combination in C. (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 38.
 * Subspecies of albicans: Emery, 1925b: 262; Santschi, 1926e: 236; Santschi, 1929b: 38; Ceballos, 1956: 317; Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 137; Cagniant, 2009: 52.
 * Status as species: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 383; Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Borowiec, L. 2014: 61.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004