Temnothorax arabicus
Sharaf & Akbar, 2017
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Temnothorax arabicus
Sharaf & Akbar, 2017:
4, figs. 1-3 (w.)
SAUDI ARABIA.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Saudi Arabia: Asir, Abha, Raydah, 18°12.315'N, 42°24.607'E, 2761 m., 26.vii.2014 (M.R. Sharaf). Type-depository: KSMA.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 10 paratype workers. Paratype-localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 5.iii.2015 (Al Dhafer), 3 paratype workers Al Bahah, Sahda Al Ala, 1611 m., 29.vii.2015 (Al Dhafer), 1 paratype worker as last but 1563 m., 29.vii.2015 (Al Dhafer), 1 paratype worker as last but 1474 m., 29.vii.2015 (Al Dhafer), 2 paratype workers as last but 1611 m., 2.iii.2015 (Al Dhafer), 1 paratype worker Al Bahah, Shohba Forest, 14.v.2010 (M.R. Sharaf), 1 paratype worker Wadi Shahdan, Jizan, 200 m., 13.xi.2012 (M.R. Sharaf). Paratype-depositories: CASC, KSMA.
- Status as species: Sharaf et al., 2019: 4 (in key).
Citations
- 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.; Aldawood, A. S.; Economo, E. P.; Wachkoo, A. A.; Hita Garcia, F. 2019. Taxonomy of Arabian Temnothorax Mayr (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with description of a new species enhanced by x-ray microtomography. Scientific Reports 9:7 pp. 11009. 10.1038/s41598-019-47260-y PDF