Cataglyphis laevior (Santschi)
Type
location Algeria (Myrmecocystus
viaticus r bicolor var laevior, Stitz, 1917: 348,
unavailable name; Cataglyphis bicolor st. laevior,
Santschi, 1929b: 47, worker; raised to species Collingwood, 1985: 288);
worker only known - see below.
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Stitz's
(1917) description is at . Santschi
(1929b) gave notes, these are at .
Collingwood (1985: 288) noted it as a brightly coloured
species with the clear red head and alitrunk contrasting with the
brilliant unsculptured dark gaster; workers with short funiculus
segments (as in diehlii) and a high short petiole node. His illustration (right) does not match the type workers.
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