Cataglyphis arenaria

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - SI 110-116. This species and Cataglyphis aurata, Cataglyphis cinnamomea, Cataglyphis livida, Cataglyphis rubra and Cataglyphis semitonsa, belong to the Cataglyphis albicans species complex.  Cataglyphis arenarius have a yellowish body colour except for the gaster which is dark from the posterior edge of the first tergite. The petiole in profile is shorter and has a flatter dorsum than C. rubra.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Cataglyphis albicans var. arenaria Finzi, 1940: 164.
 * [First available use of Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. lividus var. arenaria Forel, 1909e: 384 (w.) ALGERIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Agosti, 1990b: 1498).]
 * Santschi, 1929b: 40 (q.); Cagniant, 2009: 52 (m.).
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1910f: 234; Forel, 1911f: 280; Forel, 1911h: 458; Karavaiev, 1912a: 16; Stitz, 1917: 348; Santschi, 1921d: 72; Emery, 1925b: 262; Santschi, 1929b: 40; Santschi, 1929c: 107; Santschi, 1932f: 518; Menozzi, 1934: 166; Santschi, 1934f: 176; Santschi, 1938a: 43; Weber, 1943c: 346 (in list); Bernard, 1953a: 201.
 * Subspecies of albicans: Agosti, 1990b: 1498; Bolton, 1995b: 134.
 * Status as species: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 378; Cagniant, 2009: 51; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 454; Borowiec, L. 2014: 51.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Cagniant H. 2009. Le genre Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 au Maroc (Hyménoptères Formicidae). Orsis 24: 41-71.
 * 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.
 * Forel A. 1911. Sur le genre Metapone n. g. nouveau groupe des Formicides et sur quelques autres formes nouvelles. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 445-459.
 * Karavaiev V. 1912. Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 1-22.
 * Santschi, F. 1929. Fourmis du Sahara central recoltees par la Mission du Hoggar (Fevrier-Mars 1928). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 20: 97-108.
 * Santschi, F. 1934. Fourmis du Sahara central. Memoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord 4: 165-177.
 * Santschi, F. 1938. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte 21: 28-44.
 * 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
 * Stitz, H.. "Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln." Mitteilungen aus den Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8 (1917): 333-353.
 * Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.