Cataglyphis semitonsa

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - SI 94-95. This Middle Eastern species has a red head and pronotum with the body progressively darkening posteriorly.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Iran, Jordan.

Nomenclature

 *  semitonsa. Cataglyphis albicans var. semitonsa Santschi, 1929b: 61 (w.) ALGERIA. [First available use of Cataglyphis albicans st. vaucheri var. semitonsa Santschi, 1926e: 236; unavailable name.] Raised to species: Collingwood, 1985: 291.