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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Cerapachys longitarsus
(
Mayr, 1879
)
(
Fig. 4 a, b
)
Lioponera longitarsus
Mayr, 1879: 667
. Combination in
Cerapachys
:
Brown, 1975: 237
.
This is the second record of this species from
Saudi Arabia
and for the Arabian Peninsula. The first record of this species was from Abu Arish (southwestern
Saudi Arabia
) by
Collingwood (1985)
.
Cerapachys longitarsus
was originally described from
India
and subsequently recorded from
UAE
(
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
);
Egypt
(
Sharaf, 2006
);
Philippines
, North
Australia
, and
Taiwan
(
Terayama
et al.
, 1988
). At Rawdhat Khorim this species is considered rare, with only
four specimens
. All are alate males, three attracted to a light trap and one collected by a pitfall trap. They were collected in April, October and November.