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References by Sharaf, M. R.
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013a. [Untitled. Savignyi gen. nov. (nomen nudum) attributed to M.R. Sharaf and A.S. Aldawood.]. P. 67 in: El-Hawagry, M. S.; Khalil, M. W.; Sharaf, M. R.; Fadl, H. H.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 274:1-88. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, S. A. 2013b. Monomorium sarawatensis Sharaf & Aldawood, sp. n. Pp. 70-73 in: El-Hawagry, M. S.; Khalil, M. W.; Sharaf, M. R.; Fadl, H. H.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 274:1-88. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013b. The ant genus Carebara Westwood in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 357:67-83. 10.3897/zookeys.357.5946 PDF
Sharaf, M. R. 2014. Meranoplus pulcher SHARAF sp. n. Pp. 4-7 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2014. First record of the myrmicine ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and notes on the zoogeography of southwestern Kingdom Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE 9 (11):9 pp. e111298. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Aldawood, S. A. 2014. Notes on ants of the genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a key to species. Sociobiology 61(3):293-299. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2014. First record of the myrmicine ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and notes on the zoogeography of southwestern Kingdom Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE 9 (11):9 pp. e111298. 10.1371/journal.pone.0111298 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, S. A. 2015. [New species of Cataglyphis, attributed to Sharaf and Aldawood]. Pp. 104-107 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Collingwood, C. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2015. Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group. ZooKeys 545:101-117. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2015. The Tetramorium squaminode species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a new record from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and keys to Arabian species. ZooKeys 502:99-115. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Collingwood, C. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2015. Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group. ZooKeys 545:101-117. 10.3897/zookeys.545.6308 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Collingwood, C. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Al Mutairi, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2015. New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ZooKeys 505:51-58. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Monks, J. 2016. [New species of Lepisiota attributed to Sharaf and Monk]. Pp. 1878-1881 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Monks, J.; Polaszek, A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016. A remarkable new species of the genus Lepisiota Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species. Journal of Natural History 50 (29-30):1875-1887. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, S. A. 2016. [New species of Trichomyrmex, attributed to Sharaf and Aldawood]. Pp. 12-14 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Akbar, S. A.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016a. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 246:1-36. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M. 2016. [New species of Trichomyrmex, attributed to Sharaf and Al Dhafer]. Pp. 28-31 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Akbar, S. A.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016a. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 246:1-36. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Monks, J.; Polaszek, A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016. A remarkable new species of the genus Lepisiota Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species. Journal of Natural History 50 (29-30):1875-1887. 10.1080/00222933.2016.1180722 PDF
Seifert, B.; Buschinger, A.; Aldawood, A.; Antonova, V.; Bharti, H.; Borowiec, L.; Dekoninck, W.; Dubovikoff, D.; Espadaler, X.; Flegr, J.; Georgiadis, C.; Heinze, J.; Neumeyer, R.; Ødegaard, F.; Oettler, J.; Radchenko, A.; Schultz, R.; Sharaf, M.; Trager, J.; Vesnić, A.; Wiezik, M.; Zettel, H. 2016. Banning paraphylies and executing Linnaean taxonomy is discordant and reduces the evolutionary and semantic information content of biological nomenclature. Insectes Sociaux 63:237-242. 10.1007/s00040-016-0467-1 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Akbar, S. A.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016a. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 246:1-36. 10.5852/ejt.2016.246 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Yousef, A. F. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016b. First occurrence of the ant genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sociobiology 63 (2):800-803. 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i2.981 PDF
Sharaf, M. R. 2017. [New species of Anochetus, attributed to Sharaf]. Pp. 81-83 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Monks, J.; Aldawood, A. S.; Polaszek, A. 2017. Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species from Oman. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119 (1):78-89. 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.78 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, S. A. 2017. [New species of Monomorium, attributed to Sharaf and Aldawood]. Pp. 339-343 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Collingwood, C. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (5-6):317-378. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A. 2017. [New species of Temnothorax, attributed to Sharaf and Akbar]. Pp. 4-6 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; El-Gharbawy, A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. Taxonomy of the myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 280:1-17. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A. 2017. [New species of Leptogenys attributed to Sharaf and Akbar]. Pp. 2-7 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East 63 (1):68-75. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Hita Garcia, F. 2017. Nesomyrmex zaheri attributed to Sharaf, Akbar & Hita Garcia, sp. n. Pp. 31-33 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Aldawood, A. S.; Hita Garcia, F. 2017. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58:21-37. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Aldawood, A. S.; Hita Garcia, F. 2017. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58:21-37. 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East 63 (1):68-75. 10.1080/09397140.2017.1292645 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; El-Gharbawy, A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. Taxonomy of the myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 280:1-17. 10.5852/ejt.2017.280 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Collingwood, C. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (5-6):317-378. 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Monks, J.; Aldawood, A. S.; Polaszek, A. 2017. Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species from Oman. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119 (1):78-89. 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.78 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A. 2018. [New species Parasyscia rifati attributed to Sharaf & Akbar]. Pp. 216-219 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2018. Review of the Arabian rare ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with description of a new species from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia. African Entomology 26 (1):215-223. PDF
Wachkoo, A. A.; Maqbool, A.; Akbar, S. A.; Sharaf, M. R. 2018. A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biodiversity Data Journal 6:8 pp. e25016. 10.3897/BDJ.6.e25016 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2018. Review of the Arabian rare ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with description of a new species from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia. African Entomology 26 (1):215-223. 10.4001/003.026.0215 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Tetramorium salwae Tetramorium salwae Mohamed et al., 2001 Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium dentatum Syllophopsis dentata Sharaf, 2007a Species Valid
Cataglyphis agostii Cataglyphis agostii Sharaf, 2007b Species Valid Original combination
Cerapachys collingwoodi Lioponera collingwoodi Sharaf, 2007b Species Valid
Messor eglalae Messor eglalae Sharaf, 2007b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole fadli Pheidole fadli Sharaf, 2007b Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis bakri Solenopsis bakri Sharaf, 2007b Species Synonym Original combination
Tetramorium shirlae Tetramorium shirlae Sharaf, 2007b Species Valid Original combination
Technomyrmex briani Technomyrmex briani Sharaf, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium moathi Monomorium moathi Sharaf & Collingwood, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Carebara abuhurayri Carebara abuhurayri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 Species Synonym Original combination
Monomorium dryhimi Monomorium dryhimi Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011 Species Synonym Original combination
Technomyrmex montaseri Technomyrmex montaseri Sharaf et al., 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Plagiolepis juddi Plagiolepis juddi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Plagiolepis boltoni Plagiolepis boltoni Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis saudiensis Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 Species Synonym Original combination
Tetramorium amalae Tetramorium amalae Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012b Species Valid Original combination
Tapinoma wilsoni Tapinoma wilsoni Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012c Species Valid Original combination
Aenictus arabicus Aenictus arabicus Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012d Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis elhawagryi Solenopsis elhawagryi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012a Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium sarawatensis Monomorium sarawatense Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013b Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium kondratieffi Syllophopsis kondratieffi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013a Species Valid
Tetramorium saudicum Tetramorium saudicum Sharaf, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Carebara fayrouzae Carebara fayrouzae Sharaf, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Savignyi Savignyi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013a Genus Unavailable
Meranoplus pulcher Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 Species Valid Original combination
Cataglyphis fisheri Cataglyphis fisheri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Lepisiota omanensis Lepisiota omanensis Sharaf & Monks, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Trichomyrmex almosayari Trichomyrmex almosayari Sharaf & Aldawood, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Trichomyrmex shakeri Trichomyrmex shakeri Sharaf & Al Dhafer, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 2001–2024
Taxon descriptions between 2001–2024
No. of references 91
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 57
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 46
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 51
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Sharaf, M. R. 87
Sharaf, M. 4