Cataglyphis cursor species group

According to Agosti (1990)

Workers and Females

 * Petiole squamiform, the anterior and the posterior surface meeting at an angle but only partially forming a crest
 * Third and fourth maxillary palp segments shorter than fifth and sixth together, MPI < 90; third segment round in cross-section
 * Uniform black, exceptionally with dark reddish-brown spots on the head, mainly dull, rarely shining, surface
 * Head finely, longitudinally striate on frons; if reticulate then dorsum of alitrunk without pilosity
 * Alitrunk length of large workers < 3.4 mm

Males

 * Uniform black or with a reddish or yellow gaster
 * Subgenital plate short (SPI < 125); with two distal, lateral rounded processes and a median part which is variable but always present
 * Squamula caudally always projecting over the stipes, sometimes forming a distinct process pointing ventrally
 * Stipes with a large, simple, median appendix with its largest diameter longer than half the length of the stipes
 * Volsella straight; in lateral view the sides of the volsella subparallel at most, distally truncated or pointed, never pediform
 * Sagitta with a depressed shield; at least distal part of the serrated face curved laterally