@article {20, title = {First occurrence of Solenopsis Westwood 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species S. saudiensis n. sp.}, journal = {International Journal of Entomology }, volume = {47}, year = {2011}, pages = {474-479}, abstract = {

The ant genus Solenopsis Westwood 1840, is recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia. The worker caste of S. saudiensis n. sp., collected in Riyadh is described and illustrated. This resembles S. cooperi Donisthorpe 1947, and S. kochi Finzi 1936. A revised key to the Arabian species is given together with ecological and biological notes. S. saudiensis n. sp. is identified by the following characters: Anterior clypeal margin with a central pair of stout projecting teeth and a lateral pair of short, broad basal blunt teeth; eyes with two minute facets; funicular segments 2-7 about twice as wide as long; propodeum short and low with the basal face making a continuous arc with the declivity; and petiole as long as broad in dorsal view.

}, keywords = {ants., Myrmicinae}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2011.10697738}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00379271.2011.10697738}, author = {Mostafa R. Sharaf and Abdulrahman S. Aldawood} } @article {16, title = {The ant genus Carebara Westwood in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {357}, year = {2013}, month = {02/12/2013}, pages = {67{\textendash}83}, abstract = {

\ the ant genus Carebara of the Arabian Peninsula is revised. Carebara abuhurayri Sharaf \& Aldawood, 2011 is synonymized under Carebara arabica Collingwood \& van Harten, 2001. Carebara arabica is redescribed and a Neotype is\  xed based on a specimen collected from southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A new species, C. fayrouzae sp. n. is described from Saudi Arabia based on queens, major and minor workers. Keys to major and minor workers of the two Arabian Carebara species are given.

}, keywords = {key, Myrmicinae, new species, Palearctic region, Saudi Arabia, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.357.5946}, author = {Mostafa R. Sharaf and Abdulrahman S. Aldawood} } @article {11, title = {Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia}, journal = {peerJ}, volume = {6}, year = {2018}, month = {1/02/2018}, abstract = {

We revise the taxonomy of the myrmicine ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group for the Arabian Peninsula. Six species are recognized: Monomorium aeyade Collingwood \& Agosti, 1996, M. clavicorne Andr\é, 1881, M. exiguum Forel, 1894, M. holothir Bolton, 1987, M. mohammedi sp. n., and M. sarawatense Sharaf \& Alda- wood, 2013. On the basis of the worker caste, we describe Monomorium mohammedi sp. n. from the southwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We designate a neotype for Monomorium aeyade Collingwood \& Agosti and redescribe and illustrate the worker caste. Furthermore, we provide a worker-based species identifica- tion key, distribution maps for the treated species, and ecological and biological notes, if available. Monomorium holothir is recorded for the first time from the KSA. Also, we propose M. clavicorne var. punica Santschi, 1915a as a junior synonym of M. clavicorne, as well as M. dryhimi Aldawood \& Sharaf, 2011 and M. montanum Collingwood \& Agosti, 1996 to be treated as junior synonyms of Monomorium exiguum.

}, keywords = {Asir Province, Identification key, Middle East, Myrmicinae, Palearctic region, Revision}, doi = {10.7717/peerj.4277}, url = {https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4277}, author = {Mostafa R. Sharaf and Hathal M. Al Dhafer and Abdulrahman S. Aldawood and Francisco Hita Garcia} }