| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Authors: | Sharaf, M. R., Akbar, S. A., Dhafer, H. M. Al, El-Gharbawy, A., Aldawood, A. S. |
| Journal: | European Journal of Taxonomy |
| Volume: | 280 |
| Pagination: | 1-17 |
| Keywords: | Afrotropical region., ants, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Revision, Temnothorax |
| Abstract: | The Arabian Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 fauna is revised for the rst 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. |
| URL: | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/403 |
| DOI: | 10.5852/ejt.2017.280 |