Cataglyphis adenensis

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species has a short broad head which is bright red. The petiole is high like in Cataglyphis flavobrunnea, but the dorsum is sloped rather than smoothly rounded.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecocystus viaticus r. adenensis Forel, 1904b: 382 (footnote) (w.) YEMEN.
 * Combination in Cataglyphis: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 944;
 * combination in C. (Cataglyphis): Santschi, 1929b: 41.
 * Subspecies of bicolor: Emery, 1906d: 58; Emery, 1908g: 217; Emery, 1925b: 265.
 * Subspecies of viatica: Forel, 1908a: 16; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 944.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1929b: 41; Finzi, 1936: 193; Collingwood, 1985: 286; Agosti, 1990b: 1486; Bolton, 1995b: 134; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 377; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 454; Borowiec, L. 2014: 50 (see note in bibliography).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus bugnioni.

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. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230-302.
 * Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
 * Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405474
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Santschi, F.. "Étude sur les Cataglyphis." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36 (1929): 25-70.
 * 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
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004