Cataglyphis n. sp. Nafisi 04

Iran list Type location Iran.

Smaller than all described Cataglyphis. Worker 04: TL ca 3.5 mm, HW 0.70, HL 0.70, EL 0.29, SL 0.97, PW 0.5, CI 100, SI 132.  Worker 18: slightly smaller, scapes missing. Uniformly shiny, dark brown; scapes, mandibles and lower legs yellow-brown. Mandibles striate. Femora with distinctive decumbent minute but stout setae. Legs long and slender.

Similar in size to Cataglyphis emeryi but with much longer scapes, longer legs, larger eyes and a lower, thicker petiole. C. emeryi has HW 0.87, SL 0.81, EL 0.25, SI 93, plus C. emeryi has  noticeable pubescence on the alitrunk. This does share the long forward pointing hairs on the clypeus, which Radchenko (1998) has as a prime separating character, couplet 8, for emeryi from the other dark coloured species with a squamous petiole and a shiny gaster.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cataglyphis n. sp. Nafisi 04 B Taylor det.	Iran R Nafisi 04	viii.2004 Miankaleh	36°45' to 36°55'N; 53°25' to 54°05'E	4
Cataglyphis n. sp. Nafisi 04 B Taylor det.	Iran R Nafisi 18	18.x.2012 36°42'N 57°18'E	Rodab-Sabzevar- Khorasan 2892 ft Semi-desert	3

Iran records - Nafisi 04

Worker from Iran, collector R Nafisi (18)