Cataglyphis cinnamomea

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - SI 91.7. This is a deep brown, rather sculptured species with a more rounded narrower petiole compared with Cataglyphis albicans.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  cinnamomea. Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. cinnamomeus Karavaiev, 1910a: 269 (w.) RUSSIA. [Also described as new, as Myrmecocystus albicans subsp. viaticoides var. cinnamomea Karavaiev, 1910b: 37; unavailable name.] Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1925b: 263. Raised to species: Pisarski, 1967: 418; Arnol'di, 1968: 1815.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * 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
 * Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Ghahari H., and C. A. Collingwood. 2013. A study on the ants (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Formicidae) from Western Iran. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 48 (1): 155164.
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 * Paknia, O., A. G. Radchenko, and M. Pfeiffer. "New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran." Asian Myrmecology 3, no. 29-38 (2010).
 * Radchenko A. G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78: 475-480.
 * Radchenko, A.G. 1998. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review 78(4):475-480.