Cataglyphis minima Collingwood, 1985

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 572

Cataglyphis minima Collingwood, 1985

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Cataglyphis minima Collingwood, 1985: 289 .

Currently, C. minima appears to have a more restricted distribution in the Arabian Peninsula than other species of the genus. It was originally described from Saudi Arabia and recorded from UAE ( Tigar and Collingwood, 1993). At Rawdhat Khorim, C. minima has an abundance and foraging behavior similar to C. niger .

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FIGURE 5. a, b Cataglyphis minima (CASENT0249862, Saudi Arabia), c, d, Cataglyphis niger (CASENT0280330, Yemen); e, f, Messor ebeninus (CASENT0249861, Saudi Arabia); g, h, Monomorium mayri (CASENT0249904, India).