Taxonomy of the Myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula

European Journal of Taxonomy

Abdulrahman S. Aldawood¹  Mostafa R. Sharaf¹  Hathal M. Al Dhafer¹  Shahid A. Akbar²  Ali El- Gharbawy³ 

[1] Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P.O. Box 2460;Plant Protection Division, Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir;Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo;

关键词: Ants;    Temnothorax;    revision;    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;    Afrotropical region;   

DOI  :  10.5852/ejt.2017.280

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Arabian Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 fauna is revised for the first time. Three species are recognized from the region: Temnothorax arabicus Sharaf & Akbar sp. nov., T. liviae (Agosti & Collingwood, 2011) comb. nov. and T. megalops (Hamann & Klemm, 1967). Leptothorax saudiae Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 was placed in Temnothorax by Bolton (2003), but actually belongs to Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 and is herewithin recombined to Tetramorium saudiae (Collingwood & Agosti, 1996) comb. nov. Automontage images and comparative diagnoses of workers as well as notes on habitats and distribution of treated species are provided. A revised key to the Arabian species based on the worker caste is also presented.

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