Crematogaster ghoneimi
Sharaf & Aldawood, 2022
valid
Crematogaster ghoneimi
Sharaf & Aldawood, 2022:
938, figs. 1, 3E,F (w.)
SAUDI ARABIA (Al Bahah).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Al Bahah, Shada Al ‘Ala, 19°51.762’N, 41°18.089’E, 1225 m, 8.xii.2014, (Al Dhafer et al.). Primary type depository: KSMA. Primary type specimen: CASENT0746645.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 15 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 19°51.066’N, 41°18.037’E, 1325 m; 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 19°50.329’N, 41°18.604’E, 1563 m, 15.ii.2014; 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 19°51.762’N, 41°18.089’E, 15.xi.2015; 3 paratype workers Dhi Ayn village, 19.931°N, 41.441°E, 728 m, 11.iv.2016, (M.R. Sharaf); 3 paratype workers with same data as previous but 19.929°N, 41.441°E, 741 m, 18.v.2010; 2 paratype workers with same data as previous but 15.v.2011; 3 paratype workers Wadi Dafa, near Eiban, 17.374°N, 43.075°E, 888 m, 12.xi.2012 (M.R. Sharaf); 1 paratype worker Al Bahah, Amadan, Al Mandaq, 20.202°N, 41.231°E, 1881 m, 19.v.2010 (M.R. Sharaf). Secondary type depository: KSMA.
Citations
- Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. 2022. Crematogaster ghoneimi, sp. nov., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 72 (4):937-942. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.4.009 PDF