Aphaenogaster sarae Sharaf, 2018: 16, figs. 1a,b, 5a-c, 7b,d (w.) OMAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Oman: Masfat El-Ebryein, 23.12111°N, 57.29662°E, 1949 m., 21.i.2017, MRS0361 (M.R. Sharaf). Primary type depository: KSMA. Primary type specimen: CASENT0823830. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Oman: Jebel Akhdar, 1949 m., 4.iv.2016, MRS0299 (M.R. Sharaf), 4 paratype workers Saudi Arabia: Al Bahah, Aqaba, 1235 m., 1.iv.2016, MRS0322 (M.R. Sharaf), 6 paratype workers Al Bahah Prov., Shada Al ‘Ala, 1653 m., 2.iii.2015 (H.M. Al Dhafer), 5 paratype workers Saudi Arabia: Wadi Dhiyan, 333 m., ix.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depositories: KSMA, WEMC, WMLC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0922283, CASENT0922294.