Sharaf's (2007) description is at
Egypt record - Port Said (Sharaf list).
Note - without sighting the type male on cannot be sure but there seems little to separate this from the earlier Cerapachys noctambulus Santschi (1910), from Tunisia, and the Egyptian males described as Lioponera alfieri and Lioponera alfierii (Cerapachys aegyptiacus)
by Donisthorpe ( 1939a). Indeed it seems all four males may be
synonymous, with the question then as to whether they are synonymous
with Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879), type location India.
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