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, Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  vaucheri. Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. vaucheri Emery, 1906d: 54, fig. 17 (w.) MOROCCO. Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263. Raised to species: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 383.

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