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(
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<collectorName id="26E94EC0FFC1FF906AE4FF73FD86FF7D" box="[451,600,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">M. R. Sharaf</collectorName>
</emphasis>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B74214BFFC1FF906953FF72FACEFF7D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3748461303" box="[628,1296,188,213]" collectingDate="1983-04" collectionCode="NHMB" collectorName="C. A. Collingwood" country="Saudi Arabia" location="Shaqiq Shamran" municipality="Shaqiq Shamran" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-worker="2" stateProvince="Jizan" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D1AE09FFFC1FF906953FF72FD37FF7D" box="[628,745,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="worker">2 workers</specimenCount>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="6BC7B16CFFC1FF9069D0FF72FC6BFF7D" box="[759,949,188,213]" country="Saudi Arabia" name="Shaqiq Shamran" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" stateProvince="Jizan">Shaqiq Shamran</collectingMunicipality>
,
<date id="FFA20DD6FFC1FF9068E3FF72FBC3FF7D" box="[964,1053,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" value="1983-04">
<collectingDate id="EFE6F43EFFC1FF9068E3FF72FBC3FF7D" box="[964,1053,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" value="1983-04">IV.1983</collectingDate>
</date>
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906F00FF72FACEFF7D" box="[1063,1296,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
(
<collectorName id="26E94EC0FFC1FF906F17FF72FAD6FF7D" box="[1072,1288,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">C. A. Collingwood</collectorName>
)
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B74214BFFC1FF906E04FF72FE3CFF50" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3748461302" collectingDate="1989-03" collectionCode="CASC" country="Saudi Arabia" location="Riyadh" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-worker="2" stateProvince="Riyadh" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D1AE09FFFC1FF906E04FF72FA46FF7D" box="[1315,1432,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="worker">2 workers</specimenCount>
,
<collectingRegion id="49D8E5F4FFC1FF906BB0FF11FF35FF50" box="[151,235,223,248]" country="Saudi Arabia" name="Ar Riyad" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Riyadh</collectingRegion>
,
<date id="FFA20DD6FFC1FF906BDFFF11FE8DFF50" box="[248,339,223,248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" value="1989-03">
<collectingDate id="EFE6F43EFFC1FF906BDFFF11FE8DFF50" box="[248,339,223,248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" value="1989-03">III.1989</collectingDate>
</date>
(soil fauna)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B74214BFFC1FF906AC8FF11FBB7FF50" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3748461304" box="[495,1129,223,248]" collectionCode="MCZC" country="Saudi Arabia" location="Rawdhat Khorim" municipality="Rawdhat Khorim" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" specimenCount="15" specimenCount-worker="15" stateProvince="Riyadh" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D1AE09FFFC1FF906AC8FF11FDAFFF50" box="[495,625,223,248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="worker">15 workers</specimenCount>
,
<collectingRegion id="49D8E5F4FFC1FF906959FF11FD0CFF50" box="[638,722,223,248]" country="Saudi Arabia" name="Ar Riyad" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Riyadh</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="6BC7B16CFFC1FF9069F8FF11FC78FF50" box="[735,934,223,248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Rawdhat Khorim</collectingMunicipality>
, [multiple dates]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B74214BFFC1FF906F50FF2EFAD6FF50" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3748461305" box="[1143,1288,224,248]" collectionCode="SEMC" country="Saudi Arabia" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Ar Riyad" typeStatus="paratype">
one
<typeStatus id="54A795B4FFC1FF906F8FFF2EFAD6FF50" box="[1192,1288,224,248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
</materialsCitation>
deposited in each of the following museums:
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF90692AFECAFDBAFEB5" bold="true" box="[525,612,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF90692AFECAFDBAFEB5" box="[525,612,260,285]" collectionName="Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2jyg-xmd2" name="Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="Museum">MHNG</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906954FECAFD14FEB5" bold="true" box="[627,714,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF906954FECAFD14FEB5" box="[627,714,260,285]" collectionName="Switzerland, Basel, Naturhistorisches Museum" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/1d5a-4efs" name="Natural History Museum Bucharest" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">NHMB</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF9069FDFECAFCF8FEB5" bold="true" box="[730,806,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF9069FDFECAFCF8FEB5" box="[730,806,260,285]" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">CASC</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906812FECAFC55FEB5" bold="true" box="[821,907,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF906812FECAFC55FEB5" box="[821,907,260,285]" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">MCZC</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF9068BCFECAFC32FEB5" bold="true" box="[923,1004,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF9068BCFECAFC32FEB5" box="[923,1004,260,285]" collectionName="USA, Kansas, Lawrence, University of Kansas, Snow Entomological Museum" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34264" name="University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="Museum">SEMC</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF9068DCFECAFB86FEB5" bold="true" box="[1019,1112,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF9068DCFECAFB86FEB5" box="[1019,1112,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">WMLC</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906F4FFECAFB61FEB5" bold="true" box="[1128,1215,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF906F4FFECAFB61FEB5" box="[1128,1215,260,285]" collectionName="United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">BMNH</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
, and the remaining
<specimenCount id="9D1AE09FFFC1FF906BB0FEE9FED2FEE8" box="[151,268,295,320]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="generic">specimens</specimenCount>
at
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A0AFEE9FE5FFEE8" bold="true" box="[301,385,295,320]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<collectionCode id="ED0DB3D3FFC1FF906A0AFEE9FE5FFEE8" box="[301,385,295,320]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">KSMA</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C306789DFFC1FF906BE0FE82FEE0FE5D" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BA32B16FFC1FF906BE0FE82FD53FE20" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0FE82FE42FECD" bold="true" box="[199,412,332,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<typeStatus id="54A795B4FFC1FF906BE0FE82FEEAFECD" box="[199,308,332,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
worker:
</emphasis>
TL 3.12; HL 0.80; HW 0.80; SL 0.55; EL 0.22; PRW 0.52; ML 0.87; PL 0.22; PW 0.25; PPL 0.22; PPW 0.30; Indices: SI 69; CI 100.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA32B16FFC1FF906BE0FE5AFEE0FE5D" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0FE5AFE76FE05" bold="true" box="[199,424,404,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<typeStatus id="54A795B4FFC1FF906BE0FE5AFEEAFE05" box="[199,308,404,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
workers:
</emphasis>
TL 3.123.25; HL 0.750.85; HW 0.750.80; SL 0.500.55; EL 0.200.25; PRW 0.50 0.55; ML 0.850.92; PL 0.170.22; PW 0.250.27; PPL 0.170.22; PPW 0.250.30; Indices: SI 6371; CI 91100 (11 measured).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C306789DFFC1FF906BE0FE31FE0BFB9D" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BA32B16FFC1FF906BE0FE31FE0BFB9D" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0FE31FE9FFDB0" bold="true" box="[199,321,511,536]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A6DFDCEFD8EFDB0" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Abdel-Dayem &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[330,592,511,536]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saudicum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A6DFDCEFD8EFDB0" box="[330,592,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Tetramorium saudicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a member of the
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF90681BFDCEFC70FDBF" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[828,942,512,535]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caespitum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF90681BFDCEFC70FDBF" box="[828,942,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">caespitum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group. It can be readily separated from its closest congener, the Palaearctic
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906938FDEBFC85FD95" authority="Mayr, 1877" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1877" box="[543,859,548,573]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striativentre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906938FDEBFD16FD94" box="[543,712,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T. striativentre</emphasis>
Mayr, 1877
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F30B6B86FFC1FF90688CFDEAFBF0FD95" box="[939,1070,548,573]" name="Kazakhstan" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Kazakhstan</collectingCountry>
by the bicoloured body, head, mesosoma, waist and appendages reddish brown, gaster brownish or blackish brown; whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906FFDFD87FA5EFDF7" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1877" box="[1242,1408,584,608]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striativentre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906FFDFD87FB39FDC8" box="[1242,1255,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906FDFFD86FA5EFDF7" box="[1272,1408,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">striativentre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unicolorous brownish and the appendages are pale brown. Both species are similar in body size, mesosomal and gastral sculpture, and the frontal carina that extend back to the posterior margins of eyes.
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906FB0FD5EFA45FD00" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Abdel-Dayem &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[1175,1435,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saudicum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906FB0FD5EFA45FD00" box="[1175,1435,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Tetramorium saudicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A4AFD7BFDC6FD64" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1877" box="[365,536,693,716]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striativentre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A4AFD7BFDC6FD64" box="[365,536,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T. striativentre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following: the head dorsum is polished with few (nearly 10) fine longitudinal rugulae superimposed upon irregularly punctulate ground-sculpture while in
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906FADFD17FAF0FD47" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1877" box="[1162,1326,728,752]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striativentre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906FADFD17FAF0FD47" box="[1162,1326,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T. striativentre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the head dorsum is dull with numerous (nearly 20) very fine longitudinal rugulae superimposed upon a finely and densely punctulate or granular ground-sculpture. In addition, the petiolar node of
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF9068C9FCEFFBA6FC90" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Abdel-Dayem &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[1006,1144,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saudicum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF9068C9FCEFFBA6FC90" box="[1006,1144,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T. saudicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in dorsal view is clearly irregularly rugulose, whereas in
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906921FC8BFD75FCF4" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1877" box="[518,683,837,860]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striativentre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906921FC8BFD75FCF4" box="[518,683,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T. striativentre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the petiolar node in dorsal view is clearly regularly longitudinally rugulose.
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A21FCA6FDD4FC28" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Abdel-Dayem &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[262,522,871,896]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saudicum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A21FCA6FDD4FC28" box="[262,522,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Tetramorium saudicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from the remaining Arabian species of the genus (except
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906EA0FCA7FEF9FC0C" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1877" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906EA0FCA7FA4AFC28" box="[1415,1428,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BB0FC43FEF9FC0C" box="[151,295,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">sericeiventre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A7AFC43FE05FC0D" authorityName="Bolton" authorityYear="1980" box="[349,475,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khyarum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A7AFC43FEB4FC0C" box="[349,362,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A5EFC42FE05FC0D" box="[377,475,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">khyarum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) by the sculptured first gastral tergite. It can be separated from
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906F82FC43FA8FFC0C" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1877" box="[1189,1361,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906F82FC43FB6CFC0C" box="[1189,1202,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906FE6FC43FA8FFC0C" box="[1217,1361,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">sericeiventre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906EA0FC43FF27FC60" authorityName="Bolton" authorityYear="1980" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khyarum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906EA0FC43FA4AFC0C" box="[1415,1428,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BB0FC61FF27FC60" box="[151,249,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">khyarum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following characters: the scape index is much smaller, SI 6371 (versus SI 113118 for
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906E1DFC61FA42FC60" authorityName="Bolton" authorityYear="1980" box="[1338,1436,943,968]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khyarum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906E1DFC61FA42FC60" box="[1338,1436,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">khyarum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and SI 101118 for
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A53FC1BFDDDFC44" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1877" box="[372,515,981,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A53FC1BFDDDFC44" box="[372,515,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">sericeiventre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the head length is smaller, HL 0.750.85 (Versus HL 0.961.00 for
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906E2CFC1AFAB3FC45" authorityName="Bolton" authorityYear="1980" box="[1291,1389,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khyarum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906E2CFC1AFAB3FC45" box="[1291,1389,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">khyarum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and HL 0.801.00 for
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A4BFC36FE22FBA7" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1877" box="[364,508,1016,1039]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A4BFC36FE22FBA7" box="[364,508,1016,1039]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">sericeiventre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and eyes relatively larger, EL 0.200.25 (versus EL 0.20 for
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906FFDFC39FAE2FBB8" authorityName="Bolton" authorityYear="1980" box="[1242,1340,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="khyarum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906FFDFC39FAE2FBB8" box="[1242,1340,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">khyarum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and EL 0.160.22 for
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A12FBD3FE1AFB9C" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1877" box="[309,452,1053,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A12FBD3FE1AFB9C" box="[309,452,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">sericeiventre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C306789DFFC1FF906BE0FBF1FDFCF930" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BA32B16FFC1FF906BE0FBF1FDFCF930" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0FBF1FDF1FBF0" bold="true" box="[199,559,1087,1112]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0FBF1FE02FBF0" box="[199,476,1087,1112]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" reason="1">Description of worker.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906ACFFBF1FDF8FBF0" bold="true" box="[488,550,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Head</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Head as long as wide or subequal, with convex sides and nearly straight posterior margin; anterior clypeal margin entire; ventral surface of head with few ammochaete setae; frontal carinae present, running back beyond level of posterior margin of eyes but feebly developed throughout their length and weaker behind eyes than in front; eyes large (EL about 0.29 x HW) with about 15 ommatidia in longest row; ventral margin of eyes more or less flat, anterior, dorsal and posterior margins curved so that eyes in profile resembling reclinate letter D; mandibles longitudinally rugose; antennae 12-segmented; antennal scrobes absent; entire dorsum and profile of head very finely and very densely longitudinally costulate, spaces between costulae finely, irregularly and densely punctulate; dorsum of head with many paired hairs.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906F6AFAF2FB0FFAFD" bold="true" box="[1101,1233,1340,1365]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906F6AFAF2FB16FAFB" bold="true" box="[1101,1224,1340,1363]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Mesosoma</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Outline of dorsal mesosoma unbroken in profile; pronotal humeri sharply angulate; metanotal groove not impressed; propodeal spines acute and strongly developed; dorsal (outer) surface of hind tibiae with appressed pubescence; propodeal dorsum with a single pair of short hairs; mesosoma strongly longitudinally rugulose, space between regulae smooth and shining.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A0AFA02FEA8FA4D" bold="true" box="[301,374,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Waist:</emphasis>
Petiole cuboid; petiolar and postpetiolar nodes in dorsal view distinctly broader than long; petiole with one pair of hairs, postpetiole with three pairs of hairs; petiolar node in dorsal view clearly irregularly rugulose; postpetiolar node distinctly strongly longitudinally rugulose.
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF90689AF9DAFBCDF985" bold="true" box="[957,1043,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Gaster:</emphasis>
First gastral tergite longitudinally, very finely and very densely striated, appearing dull; gaster with scarce scattered erect hairs and moderately dense appressed pubescence. Bicoloured species, head, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and appendages reddish brown, gaster brownish or blackish brown.
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<subSubSection id="C306789DFFC1FF906BE0F96AFE74F8AD" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BA32B16FFC1FF906BE0F96AFAB9F915" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1797]" box="[199,1383,1700,1725]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0F96AFE90F915" bold="true" box="[199,334,1700,1725]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" reason="1">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name of this species,
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906950F96AFD3CF915" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Abdel-Dayem &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[631,738,1700,1725]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saudicum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906950F96AFD3CF915" box="[631,738,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">saudicum</emphasis>
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, refers to the
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locality, the
<collectingCountry id="F30B6B86FFC1FF906F1AF96AFABDF915" box="[1085,1379,1700,1725]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Kingdom of Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
.
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<paragraph id="8BA32B16FFC1FF906BE0F909FE74F8AD" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906BE0F909FEF4F948" bold="true" box="[199,298,1735,1760]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" reason="1">Habitat.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C1C5095FFC1FF906A17F906FDEAF948" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Abdel-Dayem &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[304,564,1735,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saudicum">
<emphasis id="B968F704FFC1FF906A17F906FDEAF948" box="[304,564,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="576">Tetramorium saudicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was observed nesting directly in the ground and many workers were observed carrying dry plant seeds.
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