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

Mostafa R. SHARAF, Shahid Ali AKBAR, Hathal M. AL DHAFER, Ali El-GHARBAWY & Abdulrahman S. ALDAWOOD

en European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 (280) - Pages 1-17 (EJT-280)

Published on 16 February 2017

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.


Keywords:

Ants, Temnothorax, revision, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Afrotropical region.

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