Further additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Yemen

Collingwood, C. A.; Harten, A. van

doi:10.1080/09397140.2005.10638105

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“…Having read Collingwood & van Harten's description [20] and seen their poor sketch, we find it impossible to place hirsutum accurately in a group. It is valid to include it in the list of species as “unplaced to group”.…”

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“…Sixteen species were listed and keyed for Arabia [19] and two additional species were described from Yemen, T. latinode from Mabar and T. yemene from Sid el Feyhn. A new species, T. hirsutum Collingwood & van Harten [20] was described from Yemen based on workers and queens. Three tramp species, T. lanuginosum Mayr, T. simillimum (F. Smith) and T. caldarium (Roger) were recorded from Socotra Archipelago [21].…”

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A New Ant Species of the Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with a Revised Key to the Arabian Species

Sharaf

Aldawood

Taylor³

2012

PLoS ONE

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Tetramorium amalae sp. n. is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia based on two worker caste specimens collected in Al Bahah region. The new species belongs to the T. shilohense group and appears to be closely related to T. dysderke Bolton from Nigeria. T. amalae is distinguished by having well-developed frontal carinae, smaller eyes, greater head length and width, greater pronotal width, and the petiole node is longer than broad. Tetramorium latinode Collingwood & Agosti is recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia and for only the second time since the original description. The worker caste of T. latinode is redescribed and illustrated using scanning electron micrographs to facilitate recognition and the gyne is described for the first time with observations given on species relationships, biology and habitat. A revised key to the nineteen Tetramorium species recorded from Arabian Peninsula based on worker castes is provided. Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander) is recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia. It is suggested that T. amalae and T. latinode are endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.

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A New Ant Species of the Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with a Revised Key to the Arabian Species

Sharaf

Aldawood

Taylor³

2012

PLoS ONE

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“…However, many studies in select insect groups have been carried out in Saudi Arabia as a whole. Many of these studies have been consulted in order to classify the species collected in the current survey or to determine species previously recorded from Al-Baha, and such studies include the following: Abdullah and Merdan (1995), Alahmed et al (2010), Aldryhim and Khalil (1996), Amoudi (1993), Amoudi and Leclercq (1992), Balkenohl (1994), Basilewsky (1979), Bílý (1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990), Bolton (1976, 1977, 1980, 1995), Boorman (1989), Brown (2000), Bryant (1957), Büttiker (1980), Chassain (1979, 1983), Coiffait (1979), Collingwood (1985), Collingwood and Agosti (1996), Collingwood and van Harten (2005), Collingwood et al (1997), Collingwood et al (2004), Cranston and Judd (1989), Crosskey and Buttiker (1982), Daccordi (1979), Damoisseau (1979), Dawah and Abdullah (2006), Decelle (1979), Deeming (1998), Dlabola (1979, 1980), Doguet (1979, 1984), Doha (2009), Español (1981), Fürsch (1979), Fürsch (1979), Gorochov (1993), Greathead (1980, 1988), Guichard (1985, 1986, 1988), Hamid and Hamid (1985), Hölzel (1980, 1982, 1983a, 1983b, 1987, 1988, 1998), Holzschuh (1979), Holzschuh and Téocchi (1991) Horstmann (1981), Ibrahim and Abdoon (2005), Kaltenbach (1982), Kaszab (1979, 1981, 1982), Kwieton (1981), Larsen (1979, 1983, 1984), Leclercq (1982, 1986, 2000), Lewis and Buttiker (1980)<...>…”

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A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species

El-Hawagry¹,

Khalil²,

Sharaf³

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A preliminary study was carried out on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, south-western part of Saudi Arabia. A total number of 582 species and subspecies (few identified only to the genus level) belonging to 129 families and representing 17 orders were recorded. Two of these species are described as new, namely: Monomorium sarawatensis Sharaf & Aldawood, sp. n. [Formicidae, Hymenoptera] and Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry sp. n. [Bombyliidae, Diptera]. Another eight species are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia, namely: Xiphoceriana arabica (Uvarov, 1922) [Pamphagidae, Orthoptera], Pyrgomorpha conica (Olivier, 1791) [Pyrgomorphidae, Orthoptera], Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) [Pieridae, Lepidoptera], Anthrax chionanthrax (Bezzi, 1926) [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Spogostylum near tripunctatum Pallas in Wiedemann, 1818 [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Cononedys dichromatopa (Bezzi, 1925) [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Mydas sp. [Mydidae, Diptera], and Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 [Hippoboscidae, Diptera]. Al-Baha Province is divided by huge and steep Rocky Mountains into two main sectors, a lowland coastal plain at the west, known as “Tihama”, and a mountainous area with an elevation of 1500 to 2450 m above sea level at the east, known as “Al-Sarat or Al-Sarah” which form a part of Al-Sarawat Mountains range. Insect species richness in the two sectors (Tihama and Al-Sarah) was compared, and the results showed that each of the two sectors of Al-Baha Province has a unique insect community. The study generally concluded that the insect faunal composition in Al-Baha Province has an Afrotropical flavor, with the Afrotropical elements predominant, and a closer affiliation to the Afrotropical region than to the Palearctic region or the Eremic zone. Consequently, we tend to agree with those biogeographers who consider that parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Baha Province, should be included in the Afrotropical region rather than in the Palaearctic region or the Eremic zone.

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“…The latter authors reported 265 species including 56 new species. COLLINGWOOD & VAN HARTEN (2001 studied the ant fauna of Yemen, AKTAÇ (1976) that of Turkey, and KUGLER (1981, 1983, 1986& 1988 that of Israel/Palestine and Sinai.…”

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New and additional records for the formicid fauna (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Iran

Paknia

Kami

2007

Zoology in the Middle East

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This article provides fifteen new and additional records for the ant fauna of Iran from thirteen localities. Cataglyphis aenescens, Lasius lasioides, Lasius neglectus, Formica lusatica, and Liometopum microcephalum are new to Iran. Kurzfassung. In dieser Arbeit werden zu 15 Ameisenarten neue und ergänzende Nachweise von 13 Sammelgebieten aufgeführt. Cataglyphis aenescens, Lasius lasioides, Lasius neglectus, Formica lusatica und Liometopum microcephalum sind neu für den Iran.

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Further additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Yemen

Cited by 16 publications

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A New Ant Species of the Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with a Revised Key to the Arabian Species

A New Ant Species of the Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with a Revised Key to the Arabian Species

A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species

New and additional records for the formicid fauna (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Iran

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