Cataglyphis acutinodis

Nothing is known about the biology of .

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

Nomenclature

 * . Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 377, fig. 39 (w.) YEMEN.
 * Status as species: Vonshak, et al. 2009: 39; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 451; Borowiec, L. 2014: 50.

Worker
Holotype: TL 5.6; HL 1.46; HW 1.32; SL 1.24; EL 0.40; SI 85.

This black species differs from Cataglyphis albicans by the higher, steeper petiole; ratio height to length 4.8:3.0 (C. albicans 4.5:4.0). The antennae, tibiae and tarsi are yellow; in C. albicans from Saudi Arabia these are pale brown.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Yemen, Sana'a, IX.1992, A. van Harten. - Paratypes: Yemen: workers, same series as holotype; workers, Al-Mahwit, 21.IX.1991, A. van Harten. - Oman: workers from: Samhan, 8.III.l993; Al-Mahwit, 8.III.1993; Sana'a, 10.III.1993; all C.A. Collingwood.

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., 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.
 * 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
 * Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.