Taxonomy of the Myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula Author Sharaf, Mostafa R. E2A42091-0680-4A5F-A28A-2AA4D2111BF3 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Saudi Arabia. Plant Protection Division, Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. antsharaf@gmail.com Author Akbar, Shahid A. 5A0AC4C2-B427-43AD-840E-7BB4F2565A8B kingakbarali@gmail.com Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. 6117A7D3-26AF-478F-BFE7-1C4E1D3F3C68 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Saudi Arabia. Plant Protection Division, Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa Author El-Gharbawy, Ali CF07A94C-9C29-4187-B7F9-622887D02764 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Saudi Arabia. Plant Protection Division, Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. aali@ksu.edu.sa Author Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 477070A0-365F-4374-A48D-1C62F6BC15D1 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Saudi Arabia. Plant Protection Division, Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. aldawood88@yahoo.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-02-16 280 280 1 17 journal article 22196 10.5852/ejt.2017.280 a6c7319b-70ee-4a4f-ae39-7cf8b26ca335 2118-9773 3824631 7752EBB6-4BCF-4CC8-8676-71D7322E85DF Tetramorium saudiae ( Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 ) comb. nov. Figs 16–18 Leptothorax saudiae Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 325 , fig. 9 (w). Temnothorax saudiae – Bolton 2003: 271 . Material examined Holotype worker SAUDI ARABIA : Al Muraywah , 28°46' N , 45°00' E , 27–28 Oct. 1986 , alt. 420 m , W. Buttiker leg. ( CASENT0922184 ) ( WMLC ). Remarks Collingwood & Agosti (1996) described Leptothorax saudiae based upon a single specimen deposited in WMLC. The specimen in WMLC with a red label [Saudi Arabien, Al Muraywah, 28 46N , 45 00E , 27–28 Oct. 86, 420 m , W. Buttiker] is not specified as the holotype , yet the label information matches the original description exactly. This specimen, therefore, definitely represents the Leptothorax saudiae holotype . However, contrary to Bolton's transferral of the species to Temnothorax ( Bolton 2003 ) , this specimen clearly belongs to the genus Tetramorium based on the following observations: it possesses lateral portions of clypeus that are raised into sharp ridges or shield walls in front of the antennal insertions and the propodeal spiracles are low on the sides and distinctly behind the midlength of the sclerite. This taxon is herein formally transferred to the genus Tetramorium .