Cataglyphis laevior Emery 1925

Cataglyphis laevior Emery, 1925 (Figure 8) Cataglyphis bicolour var. laevior, 1925, p. 265 (w.) Algeria. Palaearctic. Diagnosis Worker. Bicoloured species with head, mesosoma, and petiole red, gaster, and legs black; head clearly longer than broad; propodeum slightly low and flat; petiole a massive, rounded node; mesosoma covered with dense appressed white pubescence; general appearance dull except shining gaster. Material examined. One site: 3. Geographic range. Described from Algeria, this species is widespread on the Arabian Peninsula (Collingwood 1985; Collingwood and Agosti 1996; Collingwood et al. 2011). Ecology and biology. Unknown.