The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr
Author
Sharaf, Mostafa R.
Economic Entomology Research Unit (EERU).
antsharaf@gmail.com
Author
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S.
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA).
Author
Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA).
Author
Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
Economic Entomology Research Unit (EERU).
antsharaf@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2013
2013-09-10
3709
6
565
580
journal article
54093
10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6
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1175-5326
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Solenopsis saudiensis
Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011
(
Fig.6 a, b
)
Solenopsis saudiensis
Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011: 476
.
This species was recently described from
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia
(Sharaf and Aldawood, 2011) and was the first record of the genus from the country. Recently, the
Solenopsis
of the Arabian Peninsula were revised by Sharaf and Aldwood (2012). At Rawdhat Khorim this species is rare, with only a single specimen collected by a pitfall trap in February.