Cataglyphis niger ^HNS (Andre, 1881)

Myrmecocystus viaticus var.niger Andre ^HNS, 1881.Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.(6) 1:56.

Myrmecocystus bicolor bicolor var. nigra Emery ^HNS, 1906 Mem. Accad. Sc. Bologna, 3:184.

Cataglyphis bicolor nigra ^HNS Emery 1925: Gen. Insect. Formicidae:265.

Cataglyphis niger Andre ^HNS: Collingwood, 1985, Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 290.

World distribution: Palestine & Egypt.

Distribution in Egypt: All over Egypt.

Material examined: Sahab: 1.IV. 1998 (3), 2.V.1998 (9), 12.VII.1998 (4), 10.VIII.1998 (9), 11.VIII.1998 (1), 18.11.1999 (3); W. El-Arbaein: 1.IV. 1998 (3), 3.V.1998 (5), 13.VII.1998 (3), 11.VHI.1998 (7), 9.IX.1998 (8), 19.11.1999 (6), Ebn Salam: 4.III.1999 (5) (Ain Coll.).