Cataglyphis acutinodis

Nothing is known about the biology of .

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

Nomenclature

 *  acutinodis. Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 377, fig. 39 (w.) YEMEN.

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.