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<mods:title>Review of the ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species M. mosalahi sp. n. from Oman</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Sharaf, Mostafa R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:number>2019-01-18</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123291" ID-GBIF-Taxon="183727898" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5123291" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:202B87DFFF9C6644E2CB8A8253B74515" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/202B87DFFF9C6644E2CB8A8253B74515" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<subSubSection box="[491,1020,1738,1768]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph blockId="5.[491,1528,1738,1848]" box="[491,1020,1738,1768]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<heading box="[491,1020,1738,1768]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,1020,1738,1768]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<taxonomicName authority="Sharaf" authorityName="Sharaf" box="[491,928,1738,1768]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,817,1738,1768]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Meranoplus mosalahi</emphasis>
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Sharaf
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[937,1020,1738,1768]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="5.[491,1528,1738,1848]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3326573307" collectingDate="2017-11-19" collectionCode="KSMA" collectorName="M. R. Sharaf" country="Oman" elevation="34" location="Dhalkout" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" specimenCode="CASENT0845901" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Dhofar" typeStatus="holotype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,704,1781,1807]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<typeStatus box="[491,604,1781,1807]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Holotype</typeStatus>
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worker.
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</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry box="[712,790,1781,1807]" name="Oman" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oman</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion box="[801,888,1782,1808]" country="Oman" name="Zufar" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Dhofar</collectingRegion>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:202B87DFFF9C6644E2CB8A8253B74515:AD5D6012FF9C6649E0A48ABE53EC4565" box="[900,1013,1782,1808]" country="Oman" name="Dhalkout" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Dhofar">Dhalkout</location>
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N
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53.25068
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<quantity box="[1326,1388,1781,1808]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="34.0">
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<elevation box="[1326,1388,1781,1808]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="34.0">34 m</elevation>
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<date box="[1401,1523,1782,1808]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2017-11-19">
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<collectingDate box="[1401,1523,1782,1808]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2017-11-19">19.xi.2017</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, SF, (
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<collectorName box="[544,698,1821,1848]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">M. R. Sharaf</collectorName>
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),
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<specimenCode box="[717,925,1822,1848]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">CASENT0845901</specimenCode>
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, [
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<collectionCode box="[943,1032,1822,1848]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">KSMA</collectionCode>
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].
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[491,1541,228,1914]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3326573302" collectingDate="2017-11-18" collectionCode="KSMA" collectorName="A. Mostafa" country="Oman" elevation="34" location="Agdaroot" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="CASENT0922861" specimenCount="12" stateProvince="Zufar" typeStatus="paratype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,709,228,254]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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workers.
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</emphasis>
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<specimenCount box="[719,779,228,254]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">12 w</specimenCount>
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, same data as the holotype, 1 aberrant worker with reduced postpetiole,
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<collectionCode box="[636,717,268,294]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">KSMA</collectionCode>
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;
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3326573304" box="[729,903,268,294]" collectingDate="2017-11-18" collectionCode="WMLC" collectorName="A. Mostafa" country="Oman" elevation="34" location="Agdaroot" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="CASENT0922861" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Zufar" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCount box="[729,774,268,294]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">1 w</specimenCount>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3326573306" box="[912,1290,268,294]" collectingDate="2017-11-18" collectionCode="CASC" collectorName="A. Mostafa" country="Oman" elevation="34" location="Agdaroot" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="CASENT0922861" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Zufar" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCount box="[912,957,268,294]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">1 w</specimenCount>
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];
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3326573313" collectingDate="2017-11-18" collectionCode="KSMA" collectorName="A. Mostafa" country="Oman" elevation="34" location="Agdaroot" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCount="3" stateProvince="Dhofar" typeStatus="paratype">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:202B87DFFF9C6644E2CB8A8253B74515:AD5D6012FF9F664AE6578D4455F14353" box="[1399,1512,268,294]" country="Oman" name="Agdaroot" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" stateProvince="Dhofar">Agdaroot</location>
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<date box="[777,899,308,334]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2017-11-18">
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<collectingDate box="[777,899,308,334]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2017-11-18">18.xi.2017</collectingDate>
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</date>
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<collectorName box="[975,1110,307,334]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A. Mostafa</collectorName>
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), (
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<specimenCount box="[1139,1185,307,334]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">3 w</specimenCount>
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), [
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph blockId="6.[491,1541,228,1914]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,619,346,372]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName box="[628,872,347,373]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis box="[628,872,347,373]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Meranoplus mosalahi</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[882,947,347,373]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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can be diagnosed by the following characters: Anterior clypeal margin shallowly concave or straight with one pair of reduced tubercles; clypeal surface smooth, or with two pairs of indistinct longitudinal rugae; the eye merely abuts the scrobal cavity and, in full-face view, the scrobe is narrowly visible; cephalic surface to posterior level of eyes with irregular interrupted longitudinal rugae (about 12 rugae); ground surface between rugae finely punctate; anterior face of petiolar node smooth; posterior face feebly sculptured with about five longitudinal rugae; bicolored species with head, and gaster brown, antennae, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole light brown, legs yellow.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="6.[491,1541,228,1914]" box="[491,704,702,728]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,704,702,728]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<typeStatus box="[491,604,702,728]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Holotype</typeStatus>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[491,1541,228,1914]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Measurements. ATL1.10;ATW0.87;CDD0.20;CW0.27;EL0.17;EW0.12;HL0.65; HLA0.30;HW0.62;PML0.65;PPH0.25;PPL0.20;PTH0.30;PTL0.20;PWA0.65;PWP0.42; SL0.60;SPL0.20;TL3.12;WL0.80. Indices. CI95;CS0.63;EYE46;OMI57;PMI100;PPI80; PTI67;PWI65;SEI28;SI 97.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,709,899,925]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<typeStatus box="[491,598,899,925]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Paratype</typeStatus>
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Measurements.ATL1.03 1.37;ATW0.87 1.37;CDD0.12 0.25;CW0.22 0.30;EL0.17 0.27;EW0.12 0.17;HL0.62 0.82;HLA0.25 0.30;HW0.62 0.75;PML 0.57 0.80;PPH0.22 0.32;PPL0.12 0.25;PTH0.25 0.42;PTL0.12 0.20;PWA0.62 0.82;PWP0.30 0.50;SL0.50 0.62;SPL0.20 0.30;TL2.92 3.85;WL0.75 0.87. Indices. CI [85 108];CS0.63 0.78;EYE41 61;OMI57 108;PMI89 132;PPI50 100;PTI32-80;PWI40 74;SEI27 45;SI73 100 (
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<paragraph blockId="6.[491,1541,228,1914]" box="[491,642,1136,1162]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,642,1136,1162]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Description.</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[491,1541,228,1914]" lastBlockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,585,1176,1202]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Worker</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[602,742,1176,1203]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="7.[507,571,1682,1704]" captionTargetBox="[491,1131,229,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-8@7.[491,1131,229,1637]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 3 Meranoplus mosalahi sp. n., paratype worker, (A) body in profile; (B) body in dorsal view; (C) head in full-face view, (CASENT0922861, http://www.AntWeb.org, Michele Esposito). Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6287/fig-3" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123060" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5123060/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Figs. 3A 3C</figureCitation>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[766,837,1176,1202]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Head.</emphasis>
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Head slightly longer than broad with feebly convex sides and posterior margin; anterior clypeal margin shallowly concave or straight with one pair of short and blunt tubercles; clypeal surface smooth, or with two pairs of indistinct longitudinal rugae; the eye merely abuts the scrobal cavity and, in full-face view, the scrobe is narrowly visible; mandibles armed with four teeth; eyes relatively large (EYE 41 61) with about 12 ommatidia in the longest row; scapes when laid back from their insertions just reach posterior margin of eyes; scrobal carinae well-developed.
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Anterior pronotal corners armed with a pair of short acute teeth seen from dorsal view; promesonotal shield distinctly broader than long (PMI 64 132) widening behind pronotum; promesonotal suture absent; posterior corners of mesonotum armed with a pair of sharp spines; posterior mesonotal margin between spines strongly concave and without secondary armament; propodeal spines long and sharp originating at level of propodeal spiracles and curved upwards; propodeal lobes well-developed.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[987,1078,1650,1676]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Petiole.</emphasis>
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Cuneate in profile, sessile, with a feebly convex anterior margin and a straight posterior margin and acute dorsum; petiolar and postpetiolar anteroventral processes well-developed.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1115,1258,1729,1755]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Postpetiole.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[823,948,1768,1794]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Sculpture.</emphasis>
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Mandibles longitudinally striated; clypeus with three feebly distinct clypeal carinae; cephalic surface to posterior level of eyes with irregular interrupted longitudinal rugae (about 12 rugae), ground surface between rugae finely punctate; cephalic surface from midline of eyes to posterior margin of head distinctly areolate-rugulose or with numerous cross-meshes; antennal scrobes in front of eyes finely transversely rugulose; promesonotal shield reticulate-rugose; postpetiolar node areolaterugose; anterior face of petiolar node smooth, sides transversally rugulose; posterior face of petiolar node feebly sculptured with about five superficial longitudinal irregular rugae; first gastral tergite finely and densely shagreened.
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All body surface covered with fine, pale, profuse hairs.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[783,859,427,453]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Color.</emphasis>
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Distinctly bicolored, head, and gaster brown, antennae, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole light brown, legs yellow.
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123060" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5123060" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5123060/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" startId="7.[507,571,1682,1704]" targetBox="[491,1131,229,1637]" targetPageId="7">
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<paragraph blockId="7.[507,1526,1682,1763]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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Figure 3
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<taxonomicName box="[607,820,1683,1705]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[607,820,1683,1705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Meranoplus mosalahi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[825,878,1683,1704]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, paratype worker, (A) body in profile; (B) body in dorsal view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[507,1389,1711,1734]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">(C) head in full-face view, (CASENT0922861, http://www.AntWeb.org, Michele Esposito).</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[507,1526,1682,1763]" box="[1115,1526,1741,1763]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1115,1526,1741,1763]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6287/fig-3</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,693,507,533]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Aberrant worker</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[712,853,507,534]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="9.[507,571,1713,1735]" captionTargetBox="[491,1131,229,1668]" captionTargetId="figure-8@9.[491,1131,229,1668]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Figure 4 Meranoplus mosalahi sp. n., Aberrant paratype worker, (A) body in profile; (B) body in dor- sal view; (C) head in full-face view, (CASENT0922862, http://www.AntWeb.org, Michele Esposito). Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6287/fig-4" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123068" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5123068/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Figs. 4A 4C</figureCitation>
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). A single worker was collected from the
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<typeStatus box="[1339,1389,507,533]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">type</typeStatus>
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locality with a reduced postpetiole in the form of a small bud attached to the anterior part of the first gastral tergite.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" box="[491,827,626,653]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,694,626,653]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Queen and male.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,629,666,692]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Etymology.</emphasis>
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We dedicate this species to Mohammed Salah (Mo Salah), the Egyptian professional soccer player of the English club
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<collectingRegion box="[1024,1136,707,733]" country="United Kingdom" name="Liverpool" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Liverpool</collectingRegion>
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and the Egyptian national team.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" box="[491,598,746,772]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,598,746,772]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Remarks</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<taxonomicName box="[491,735,787,813]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis box="[491,735,787,813]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Meranoplus mosalahi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[744,808,786,812]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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is a member of the
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Andre" authorityYear="1884" box="[1048,1191,787,812]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magrettii">
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<emphasis box="[1048,1191,787,812]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. magrettii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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-group as defined by
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<bibRefCitation author="Bolton B." pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="43" refId="ref6762" refString="Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 42: 43 81." type="journal article" year="1981">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Bolton (1981)</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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for the Afrotropical fauna and the workers described above from
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<collectingCountry box="[1356,1433,826,852]" name="Oman" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Oman</collectingCountry>
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, could not be successfully determined using the keys of
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<bibRefCitation author="Bolton B." box="[1084,1241,866,892]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="43" refId="ref6762" refString="Bolton B. 1981. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 42: 43 81." type="journal article" year="1981">
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<emphasis box="[1084,1241,866,892]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Bolton (1981)</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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for the Afrotropical
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1853" box="[491,626,906,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[491,626,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Meranoplus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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fauna. The new species is most similar to the sole known Arabian species,
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<emphasis box="[491,621,946,972]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<taxonomicName authorityName=", Sharaf" authorityYear="2014" box="[491,617,946,972]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulcher">M. pulcher</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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especially in relative size, the well-developed anterior, posterior promesonotal and propodeal spines, the sculpture of the promesonotal shield, and the petiole and postpetiole profiles. Moreover,
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<taxonomicName box="[861,1002,1026,1052]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi">
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<emphasis box="[861,1002,1026,1052]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. mosalahi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be easily distinguished by the bicolored body, the shallowly concave or straight anterior clypeal margin, the comparatively reduced anterior clypeal teeth, the weakly sculptured clypeal surface, the fewer irregular interrupted longitudinal cephalic rugae (12), and the smooth anterior face of the petiolar node.
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<taxonomicName authorityName=", Sharaf" authorityYear="2014" box="[491,716,1185,1211]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulcher">
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<emphasis box="[491,716,1185,1211]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Meranoplus pulcher</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has a uniformly yellow body, rarely some specimens with postpetiole and posterior margin of first gastral tergite brown, a strongly concave anterior clypeal margin with a well-developed pair of clypeal teeth, dense longitudinal continuous cephalic rugae (20), and a finely punctate anterior face of petiolar node.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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Superficially,
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<taxonomicName box="[683,824,1345,1371]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi">
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<emphasis box="[683,824,1345,1371]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. mosalahi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is similar also to
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<taxonomicName authority="Andre, 1884" authorityName="Andre" authorityYear="1884" box="[1034,1328,1344,1370]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magrettii">
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<emphasis box="[1034,1176,1345,1370]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. magrettii</emphasis>
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André, 1884
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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<collectingCountry box="[1403,1476,1344,1370]" name="Sudan" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Sudan</collectingCountry>
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but the new species can be separated by the distinctly bicolored body and the strongly concave posterior margin of the promesonotal shield seen in dorsal view, which makes the posterior spines more acute, whereas
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Andre" authorityYear="1884" box="[817,959,1464,1489]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magrettii">
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<emphasis box="[817,959,1464,1489]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. magrettii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has a uniform yellow to yellow-brown body, and the posterior margin of the promesonotal shield is feebly concave in dorsal view which makes the posterior spines short and blunt.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,869,1583,1609]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Ecological and biological notes.</emphasis>
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The
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<typeStatus box="[931,981,1583,1609]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">type</typeStatus>
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locality (
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<figureCitation box="[1092,1157,1584,1610]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="10.[507,571,994,1016]" captionTargetBox="[491,1451,229,949]" captionTargetId="figure-8@10.[491,1451,229,949]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 5 Type locality of M. mosalahi sp. n., (M. Sharaf photo). Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6287/fig-5" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123072" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5123072/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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) of the new species is a shaded area with ample small shrubs and grasses. Most of the
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<typeStatus box="[1145,1195,1623,1649]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">type</typeStatus>
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series were relatively slow moving and were foraging on the ground where the soil was moderately humid. Some workers were collected by sweeping net.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[491,1542,228,1889]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,712,1742,1768]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Geographic range.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1853" box="[720,855,1743,1769]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[720,855,1743,1769]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Meranoplus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula by the species
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<taxonomicName authorityName=", Sharaf" authorityYear="2014" box="[660,783,1783,1809]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulcher">
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<emphasis box="[660,783,1783,1809]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. pulcher</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from the
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<collectingRegion box="[904,952,1783,1809]" country="Saudi Arabia" name="'Asir" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Asir</collectingRegion>
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Mountains,
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<collectingCountry box="[1103,1155,1782,1808]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">KSA</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Sharaf MR & Al Dhafer HM & Aldawood AS" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" refId="ref7580" refString="Sharaf MR, Al Dhafer HM, Aldawood AS. 2014. First record of the myrmicine" type="book" year="2014">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Sharaf, Al Dhafer & Aldawood, 2014</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName box="[572,815,1823,1849]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Meranoplus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mosalahi">
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<emphasis box="[572,815,1823,1849]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Meranoplus mosalahi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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currently is known only from
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<collectingCountry box="[1178,1252,1822,1848]" name="Oman" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Oman</collectingCountry>
|
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and represents the first record of the genus from that country.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |