Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species Author Sharaf, Mostafa R. Author Fisher, Brian L. Author Collingwood, Cedric A. Author Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. text Journal of Natural History 2017 J. Nat. Hist. 2017-01-27 51 5 - 6 317 378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157 journal article 55739 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157 f91a0e7b-c4c5-458a-858a-9de4cf82e13f 1464-5262 5184295 89612083-9CE6-48E8-8975-1CE5334E098B Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907 ( Figure 22 (a–c)) Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907:14 (w.) Kenya . Afrotropical. Diagnosis Worker . Anterior clypeal margin lacking a median notch; frontal carinae very short, ending just behind frontal lobes; antennal scrobes absent; eyes distinctly small with four ommatidia in the longest row; propodeum armed with reduced acute tubercles; cephalic dorsum superficially sculptured; body pilosity short, stout and blunt. Colour uniform yellowish brown or pale brown. Figure 22. Tetramorium pauper . (a) Body in profile. (b) Head in full-face view, CASENT0746628, AntWeb.org, (Zach Lieberman). (c) Distribution map from recent records. Material examined Yemen , Socotra Island , Dixam ( W. Zereg ), 24 April 2014 , 279 m, (M. R . Sharaf leg.), 12.46868°N , 54.01091°E (3 w, KSMA ); Yemen , Socotra Island , Dixam, 24 April 2014 , 656 m, (M. R . Sharaf leg.), 12.49320°N , 53.99145°E (3 w, KSMA ); Yemen , Socotra Island , Himihil Protectorate, 23 April 2014 , 355 m, (M. R . Sharaf leg.), 12.58954°N , 54.30570°E (1 w, KSMA ); Yemen , Socotra Island , Haydibo, Erheno, 19 April 2014 , 33 m, (M. R . Sharaf leg.), 12.65023°N , 54.04016°E (20 w, KSMA ) . Geographic range A species originally described from Kenya and recorded for the first time from Socotra Island . Ecological and biological notes Tetramorium pauper was found nesting inside a small decayed twig. The soil was moist due to irrigation of the date palm orchard. Several workers were nesting under a rock. A nest series was collected from a dry leaf litter next to a date palm tree using a sifting tray.