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.
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One site: 2 (
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The new species is known only from the
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worker.
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EL 0.17, HL 0.60, HW 0.49,
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This new species most closely resembles
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(Forel, 1892)
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in all morphological aspects, but can be distinguished by its petiole, which has an acute dorsal angle that lacks dorsal spines in profile. In contrast, the petiole of
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has an upright anterior face and a downward-sloping posterior margin, and well-developed petiolar spines.
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<emphasis id="B904903FFF94FFA3FBC4FA7DAC18F989" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="1720">Lepisiota bahrainensis</emphasis>
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can also be distinguished from the Arabian species by the petiole structure.
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. Propodeal spines well developed and sharp.
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. In profile the anterior face meets the posterior face at a characteristically acute angle and lacks dorsal spines.
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. Anterior clypeal margin with several pairs of long yellow setae; cephalic surface with scatted appressed pubescence; pronotum with a single pair of setae; rest of mesosoma without setae; gastral tergites with several pairs of setae.
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<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFCBCFAE6AEFFFAFD" bold="true" box="[859,974,1357,1382]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Sculpture</emphasis>
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. Overall smooth and shining.
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. Uniform black; antennae, legs, and mandibles yellow-brown.
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="DF0F1CA5FF8BFFBCFF47F971AF9DF895" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14241342" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14241342" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14241342/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="1721" startId="16.[160,225,1754,1777]" targetBox="[388,927,144,1719]" targetPageId="16" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF8BFFBCFF47F971AF9DF895" blockId="16.[160,1157,1754,1806]" pageId="16" pageNumber="1721">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8BFFBCFF47F971ADCAF96A" bold="true" box="[160,251,1754,1777]" pageId="16" pageNumber="1721">Figure 9.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF8BFFBCFEE4F971AC9DF96A" baseAuthorityName="Andre" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[259,428,1754,1777]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="1721" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="livida">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8BFFBCFEE4F971AC9DF96A" box="[259,428,1754,1777]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="1721">Cataglyphis livida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Worker. (A) Body in profile. (B) Head in full-face view, ANTWEB1041918, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito). (C) Distribution map.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF0F1CA5FF8AFFBDFF47FBB3AC7CFBF1" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14241345" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14241345" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14241345/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" startId="17.[160,225,1048,1071]" targetBox="[165,1150,144,1014]" targetPageId="17" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF8AFFBDFF47FBB3AC7CFBF1" blockId="17.[160,1157,1048,1130]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFF47FBB3AC37FBB4" bold="true" box="[160,262,1048,1071]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Figure 10.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF8AFFBDFEEBFBB3ACEFFBB4" authorityName="Sharaf & Wetterer & Mohamed & Georgiadis & Nasser & Aldawood" authorityYear="2024" box="[268,478,1048,1071]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahrainensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFEEBFBB3ACEFFBB4" box="[268,478,1048,1071]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Lepisiota bahrainensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFE03FBB3AF2DFBB4" bold="true" box="[484,540,1048,1071]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2372D44FF8AFFBDFE03FBB3AF2DFBB4" box="[484,540,1048,1071]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Holotype worker. (A) Body in profile. (B) Head in full-face view. (C) Propodeum and petiole in dorsal view, ANTWEB1041925, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito). (D) Distribution map.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF8AFFBDFF47FA1FAE1AFA55" box="[160,811,1460,1486]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF8AFFBDFF47FA1FAE1AFA55" blockId="17.[160,811,1460,1486]" box="[160,811,1460,1486]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFF47FA1FAC12FA55" bold="true" box="[160,291,1460,1486]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Named after the country of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54CBF28FFF8AFFBDFD7BFA1EAFFFFA55" box="[668,718,1461,1486]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF8AFFBEFF47FA52AF85FEA9" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="1723" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF8AFFBEFF47FA52AF85FEA9" blockId="17.[160,1156,1529,1728]" lastBlockId="18.[160,1156,142,306]" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="1723" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFF47FA52AC97F988" bold="true" box="[160,422,1529,1555]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
This new species cannot be identified with Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFBD2FA51A95CF988" box="[1077,1133,1530,1555]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">et al</emphasis>
|
||
.’s (2020b) key to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF8AFFBDFE83F9B6AF1AF9AD" box="[356,555,1565,1590]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFE83F9B6ACF9F9AD" box="[356,456,1565,1590]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
of the Arabian Peninsula.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF8AFFBDFC65F9B6A9B5F9AD" authorityName="Sharaf & Wetterer & Mohamed & Georgiadis & Nasser & Aldawood" authorityYear="2024" box="[898,1156,1565,1590]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahrainensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFC65F9B6A9B5F9AD" box="[898,1156,1565,1590]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Lepisiota bahrainensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears to be most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF8AFFBDFDC7F994AE5BF9C3" authority="(Forel, 1892)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[544,874,1599,1624]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFDC7F994AFF6F9C3" box="[544,711,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">L. gracilicornis</emphasis>
|
||
(Forel, 1892)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF8AFFBDFC5BF994A93EF9C3" box="[956,1039,1599,1624]" name="Yemen" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">Yemen</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The two species are uniform black with paler appendages, with exceptionally long scapes (SI 190–200), short and acute propodeal spines, and pronotum with a single pair of setae. However,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF8AFFBDFE8CF90CAF2BF95B" authorityName="Sharaf & Wetterer & Mohamed & Georgiadis & Nasser & Aldawood" authorityYear="2024" box="[363,538,1703,1728]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahrainensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF8AFFBDFE8CF90CAF2BF95B" box="[363,538,1703,1728]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1722">L. bahrainensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be easily distinguished by the lack of dorsal petiole spines. In the key to Arabian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFD7FFF25A9B5FF3C" authority="(Sharaf et al. 2020 b, p. 131)" baseAuthorityName="Sharaf" baseAuthorityPageNumber="131" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[664,1156,142,167]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFD7FFF25AFCEFF3C" box="[664,767,142,167]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFCF0FF25A923FF3C" author="Sharaf MR & Aldawood AS & Mohamed AA & Hita Garcia F" box="[791,1042,142,167]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="127 - 152" refId="ref23777" refString="Sharaf MR, Aldawood AS, Mohamed AA, Hita Garcia F. 2020 b. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. J Hym Res. 76: 127 - 152. doi: 10.3897 / jhr. 76.50193." type="journal article" year="2020">
|
||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFC92FF25AE80FF3C" box="[885,945,142,167]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2020b
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, p. 131)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFF46FF1AAC6BFF51" authorityName="Sharaf & Wetterer & Mohamed & Georgiadis & Nasser & Aldawood" authorityYear="2024" box="[161,346,177,202]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahrainensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF46FF1AAC6BFF51" box="[161,346,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. bahrainensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
will key to couplet 12 along with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFCA8FF1AA933FF51" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[847,1026,177,202]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFCA8FF1AA933FF51" box="[847,1026,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. gracilicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFBFCFF1AA94CFF51" baseAuthorityName="Dalla Torre" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[1051,1149,177,202]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFBFCFF1AA94CFF51" box="[1051,1149,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. nigra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFF46FF7FAC06FF76" authorityName="Sharaf and Monks" authorityYear="2016" box="[161,311,212,237]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="omanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF46FF7FAC06FF76" box="[161,311,212,237]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. omanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFEADFF7FACC0FF76" baseAuthorityName="Finzi" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[330,497,212,237]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaciventris">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFEADFF7FACC0FF76" box="[330,497,212,237]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. opaciventris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFDD0FF7FAFD4FF76" baseAuthorityName="Kuznetsov-Ugamsky" baseAuthorityYear="1929" box="[567,741,212,237]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinisquama">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFDD0FF7FAFD4FF76" box="[567,741,212,237]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. spinisquama</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and the key is modified here to separate the species. Some variations in the petiole profile might likely be identified with the collection of more individuals.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF89FFBEFF27FEF0A9B2FE21" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" type="key">
|
||
<key id="FFE11B1CFF89FFBEFF27FEF0A9B2FE21" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<keyStep id="30845488FF89FFBEFF27FEF0A9B2FE21" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF27FEF0AC84FE0C" blockId="18.[192,1155,347,442]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<keyLead id="3081EF18FF89FFBEFF27FEF0AC84FE0C" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
12 Petiole dorsum rounded, without armature or spines of any description.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFBC4FEF0AC5CFE0C" authorityName="Sharaf & Wetterer & Mohamed & Georgiadis & Nasser & Aldawood" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahrainensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFBC4FEF0AC5CFE0C" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Lepisiota bahrainensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE92FED5AC84FE0C" bold="true" box="[373,437,382,407]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2372D44FF89FFBEFE92FED5AC84FE0C" box="[373,437,382,407]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF27FE0AA9B2FE21" blockId="18.[192,1155,347,442]" box="[192,1155,417,442]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<keyLead id="3081EF18FF89FFBEFF27FE0AA9B2FE21" box="[192,1155,417,442]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">– Petiole dorsum with well-developed spines .......................................................................... 13</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</keyStep>
|
||
</key>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF89FFBEFF27FE48AC3AFD84" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF27FE48AC3AFD84" blockId="18.[160,1155,483,543]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
However,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFED4FE48ACE7FE67" authorityName="Sharaf & Wetterer & Mohamed & Georgiadis & Nasser & Aldawood" authorityYear="2024" box="[307,470,483,508]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bahrainensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFED4FE48ACE7FE67" box="[307,470,483,508]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. bahrainensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is readily separated from all Arabian species by the petiole structure.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF89FFBEFF47FDF0AF5EFDEE" box="[160,623,603,629]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF47FDF0AF5EFDEE" blockId="18.[160,623,603,629]" box="[160,623,603,629]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF47FDF0AC4DFDEE" bold="true" box="[160,380,603,629]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Geographic range.</emphasis>
|
||
Endemic to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFDF4FDF7AF5BFDEE" box="[531,618,604,629]" name="Bahrain" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Bahrain</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF89FFBEFF47FD1BAE59FC94" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF47FD1BAE59FC94" blockId="18.[160,1157,688,1719]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF47FD1BACAAFD51" bold="true" box="[160,411,688,714]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Ecology and biology.</emphasis>
|
||
The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54CBF28FFF89FFBEFE3AFD1AAF3EFD51" box="[477,527,689,714]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality is an open area of wet, sandy soil with spread construction rubble and adjacent to an urban habitat. The dominant plant cover is the grey mangrove
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFEB4FD5DAF8DFC94" authority="(Forssk.) Vierh." authorityName="Vierh." baseAuthorityName="Forssk." box="[339,700,758,783]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Avicennia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="marina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFEB4FD5DAF23FC94" box="[339,530,758,783]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Avicennia marina</emphasis>
|
||
(Forssk.) Vierh.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFD2FFD5DAE6FFC94" box="[712,862,758,783]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Acanthaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C36A1FA6FF89FFBEFF27FCB2AC2AF92C" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF27FCB2AFB2FB49" blockId="18.[160,1157,688,1719]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
|
||
The formicine ant genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFE12FCB2AE3EFCA9" authority="Santschi, 1926" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" box="[501,783,793,818]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE12FCB2AF68FCA9" box="[501,601,793,818]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFD82FCB2AE3EFCA9" author="Santschi F" box="[613,783,793,818]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="13 - 28" refId="ref23043" refString="Santschi F. 1926. Trois notes myrmecologiques. Ann Soc Entomol Fr. 95 (1): 13 - 28. doi: 10.1080 / 21686351.1926. 12280094." type="journal article" year="1926">Santschi, 1926</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was treated as a subgenus of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFF47FC90ACF3FCCF" authority="Mayr, 1861" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1861" box="[160,450,827,852]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acantholepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF47FC90AC00FCCF" box="[160,305,827,852]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Acantholepis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFED9FC90ACF3FCCF" author="Mayr G" box="[318,450,827,852]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref21841" refString="Mayr G. 1861. Die europaischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn; p. 80. doi: 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14089." type="journal volume" year="1861">Mayr, 1861</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for many years before it was considered a junior homonym of the latter genus, and the first available replacement name was
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFBC7FCF5AC62FC01" authority="Santschi, 1926" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFBC7FCF5A9B5FCEC" box="[1056,1156,862,887]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFF47FC2AAC62FC01" author="Santschi F" box="[160,339,897,922]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="13 - 28" refId="ref23043" refString="Santschi F. 1926. Trois notes myrmecologiques. Ann Soc Entomol Fr. 95 (1): 13 - 28. doi: 10.1080 / 21686351.1926. 12280094." type="journal article" year="1926">Santschi, 1926</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE8EFC2AAF33FC01" author="Bolton B" box="[361,514,897,922]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref18966" refString="Bolton B. 1995. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press; p. 504." type="journal volume" year="1995">
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<collectingRegion id="49B482CFFF89FFBEFE8EFC2AAC89FC01" box="[361,440,897,922]" country="United Kingdom" name="Bolton" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Bolton</collectingRegion>
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1995
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</bibRefCitation>
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). The genus is one of the diverse genera of the subfamily
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFEFAFC08ACACFC27" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1802" box="[285,413,931,956]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Formicinae">Formicinae</taxonomicName>
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with 102 valid species and 45 described subspecies (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFBD1FC08ADE8FC44" author="Bolton B" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref18995" refString="Bolton B 2023. An online catalog of the ants of the world. [accessed on 2023 Nov 3]. http: // antcat. org /." type="url" year="2023">
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<collectingRegion id="49B482CFFF89FFBEFBD1FC08A9B5FC27" box="[1078,1156,931,956]" country="United Kingdom" name="Bolton" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Bolton</collectingRegion>
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2023
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</bibRefCitation>
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) that is widely distributed throughout the Afrotropical,
|
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<collectingRegion id="49B482CFFF89FFBEFC3AFC6DA971FC44" box="[989,1088,966,991]" country="Saudi Arabia" name="Ash Sharqiyah" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Oriental</collectingRegion>
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, and Palaearctic regions (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE47FC42AF06FB99" author="Brown WL Jr." box="[416,567,1001,1026]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="45 - 79" refId="ref19178" refString="Brown WL Jr. 2000. Diversity of ants. In: Agosti D, Majer JD, Alonso LE, Schultz TR, editors. Ants. Standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Biological diversity Handbook Series. Washington (D. C): Smithsonian Institution Press; p. 45 - 79." type="book chapter" year="2000">Brown 2000</bibRefCitation>
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), where nests are built directly in the earth, under stones and other objects, and in rotten wood (
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFC9EFBA0A944FBBF" author="Sharaf MR & Gotzek D & Guenard B & Fisher BL & Aldawood AS & Al Dhafer HM & Mohamed AA" box="[889,1141,1035,1060]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref24330" refString="Sharaf MR, Gotzek D, Guenard B, Fisher BL, Aldawood AS, Al Dhafer HM, Mohamed AA. 2020 c. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological reassessments of thief ants identify a new potential case of biological invasions. Sc Rep. 10 (1): 12040. doi: 10.1038 / s 41598 - 020 - 69029 - 4." type="journal volume" year="2020">
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Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFC3EFBA0A927FBBF" box="[985,1046,1035,1060]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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. 2020c
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||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Member species can be diagnosed readily by the combination of the following characters in the worker caste: (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFDDEFBFAAFFFFBF1" author="Bolton B" box="[569,718,1105,1130]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref18943" refString="Bolton B. 1994. Identification guide to the Ant Genera of the world. Cambridge: Mass; p. 222." type="journal volume" year="1994">
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<collectingRegion id="49B482CFFF89FFBEFDDEFBFAAFB6FBF1" box="[569,647,1105,1130]" country="United Kingdom" name="Bolton" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Bolton</collectingRegion>
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1994
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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): eyes prominent, ocelli frequently present but sometimes reduced; antennae 11-segmented; propodeum with a pair of spines, teeth, or tubercles; petiole with the dorsal margin bispinose, bidentate or emarginated; acidopore well developed.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCF4C2DFF89FFBEFF27FB70AC2AF92C" blockId="18.[160,1157,688,1719]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">
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<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFF27FB70AC10FB6F" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" box="[192,289,1243,1268]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF27FB70AC10FB6F" box="[192,289,1243,1268]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Lepisiota</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
is considered moderately diverse compared with other formicine genera in the Arabian Peninsula (eg
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFE28FB55AFC8FA8C" authority="Foerster, 1850" authorityName="Foerster" authorityYear="1850" box="[463,761,1278,1303]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cataglyphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE28FB55AF61FA8C" box="[463,592,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Cataglyphis</emphasis>
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||
Foerster, 1850
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(28 spp.),
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFC95FB55A9B2FA8C" authority="Mayr, 1861" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1861" box="[882,1155,1278,1303]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFC95FB55AECFFA8C" box="[882,1022,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Camponotus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFBE1FB55A9B2FA8C" author="Mayr G" box="[1030,1155,1278,1303]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref21841" refString="Mayr G. 1861. Die europaischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn; p. 80. doi: 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14089." type="journal volume" year="1861">Mayr, 1861</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
(25 spp.)) with 21 species and subspecies; all of them are reported from the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFBB0FA8AA9B2FAA1" box="[1111,1155,1313,1338]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">KSA</collectingCountry>
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(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFF41FAE8AC4CFAC7" author="Collingwood CA" box="[166,381,1347,1372]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="230 - 302" refId="ref19269" refString="Collingwood CA. 1985. Hymenoptera: fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia. 7: 230 - 302. doi: 10.5281 / zenodo. 26692." type="journal article" year="1985">Collingwood 1985</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE77FAE8AFC2FAC7" author="Collingwood CA & Agosti D" box="[400,755,1347,1372]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="300 - 385" refId="ref19301" refString="Collingwood CA, Agosti D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15: 300 - 385." type="journal article" year="1996">Collingwood and Agosti 1996</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFCE0FAE8AEEDFAC7" author="Sharaf MR & Salman S & Aldawood AS" box="[775,988,1347,1372]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="195 - 214" refId="ref24535" refString="Sharaf MR, Salman S, Aldawood AS. 2023. Additions to the ant fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with an updated list of the Saudi species. Ann Zool. 73: 195 - 214. doi: 10.3161 / 00034541 ANZ 2023.73.2.005." type="journal article" year="2023">
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||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFCBCFAE8AEA0FAC7" box="[859,913,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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||
. 2023
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
), followed by
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||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFF47FACDADD4FAE4" box="[160,229,1382,1407]" name="Oman" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Oman</collectingCountry>
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||
(11 spp.) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE84FACDAF0FFAE4" author="Sharaf MR & Al Dhafer HM & Aldawood AS & Hita Garcia F" box="[355,574,1382,1407]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref24023" refString="Sharaf MR, Al Dhafer HM, Aldawood AS, Hita Garcia F. 2018 a. Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia. PeerJ. 6: 31. e 4277. doi: 10.7717 / peerj. 4277." type="journal volume" year="2018">
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||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE51FACDACD8FAE4" box="[438,489,1382,1407]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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||
. 2018
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFDD6FACDAF0FFAE4" author="Bar A & Marom C & Zorin N & Gilad T & Subach A & Foitzik S & Scharf I" box="[561,574,1382,1407]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" refId="ref18589" refString="Bar A, Marom C, Zorin N, Gilad T, Subach A, Foitzik S, Scharf I. 2022. Desert ants learn to avoid pitfall traps while foraging. Biology. 11 (6): 897. doi: 10.3390 / biology 11060897." type="journal volume" year="2022">a</bibRefCitation>
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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, 2022),
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||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFD7BFACDAFDAFAE4" box="[668,747,1382,1407]" name="Yemen" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Yemen</collectingCountry>
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||
(10 spp.) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFC8DFACDADE6FA39" author="Collingwood CA & Agosti D" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="300 - 385" refId="ref19301" refString="Collingwood CA, Agosti D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15: 300 - 385." type="journal article" year="1996">Collingwood and Agosti 1996</bibRefCitation>
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||
), the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFEF8FA22AC7FFA39" box="[287,334,1417,1442]" name="United Arab Emirates" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">UAE</collectingCountry>
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||
(8 spp.) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE58FA22AE2AFA39" author="Collingwood CA & Agosti D" box="[447,795,1417,1442]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="300 - 385" refId="ref19301" refString="Collingwood CA, Agosti D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15: 300 - 385." type="journal article" year="1996">Collingwood and Agosti 1996</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFCCCFA22A971FA39" author="Collingwood CA & Agosti D & Sharaf MR & van Harten A" box="[811,1088,1417,1442]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="405 - 474" refId="ref19333" refString="Collingwood CA, Agosti D, Sharaf MR, van Harten A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna UAE. 4: 405 - 474. doi: 10.5281 / zenodo. 1168586." type="journal article" year="2011">
|
||
Collingwood
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFC21FA22AEC8FA39" box="[966,1017,1417,1442]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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||
. 2011
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
), and finally
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFF0BFA00AC1BFA5F" box="[236,298,1451,1476]" name="Qatar" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Qatar</collectingCountry>
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||
(2 spp.) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE72FA00AF5CFA5F" author="Sharaf MR & Aldawood AS & Mohamed AA & Hita Garcia F" box="[405,621,1451,1476]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="127 - 152" refId="ref23777" refString="Sharaf MR, Aldawood AS, Mohamed AA, Hita Garcia F. 2020 b. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. J Hym Res. 76: 127 - 152. doi: 10.3897 / jhr. 76.50193." type="journal article" year="2020">
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||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE00FA00AF29FA5F" box="[487,536,1451,1476]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2020b
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
). Recently, a couple of species were described from the region,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFE85FA65AE3BFA7C" authority="Sharaf and Monks, 2016" authorityName="Sharaf and Monks" authorityYear="2016" box="[354,778,1486,1511]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="omanensis">
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||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE85FA65ACC0FA7C" box="[354,497,1486,1511]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. omanensis</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE1EFA65AE3BFA7C" author="Sharaf MR & Monks J & Polaszek A & Aldawood AS" box="[505,778,1486,1511]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="1875 - 1887" refId="ref24468" refString="Sharaf MR, Monks J, Polaszek A, Aldawood AS. 2016 a. A remarkable new species of the genus Lepisiota Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species. J Nat Hist. 50 (29 - 30): 1875 - 1887. doi: 10.1080 / 00222933.2016. 1180722." type="journal article" year="2016">Sharaf and Monks, 2016</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFCFFFA65AEDDFA7C" author="Sharaf MR & Monks J & Polaszek A & Aldawood AS" box="[792,1004,1486,1511]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="1875 - 1887" refId="ref24468" refString="Sharaf MR, Monks J, Polaszek A, Aldawood AS. 2016 a. A remarkable new species of the genus Lepisiota Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species. J Nat Hist. 50 (29 - 30): 1875 - 1887. doi: 10.1080 / 00222933.2016. 1180722." type="journal article" year="2016">
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||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFC8EFA65AEA8FA7C" box="[873,921,1486,1511]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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||
. 2016a
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
), from
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||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFBD8FA65A9B5FA7C" box="[1087,1156,1486,1511]" name="Oman" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Oman</collectingCountry>
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||
and the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFEE3FA5AAC07F991" box="[260,310,1521,1546]" name="United Arab Emirates" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">UAE</collectingCountry>
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||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7037AEFF89FFBEFE90FA5AAE17F991" authority="Sharaf and Hita Garcia, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf and Hita Garcia" authorityYear="2020" box="[375,806,1521,1546]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elbazi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFE90FA5AACE3F991" box="[375,466,1521,1546]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">L. elbazi</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFE3BFA5AAE17F991" author="Sharaf MR & Aldawood AS & Mohamed AA & Hita Garcia F" box="[476,806,1521,1546]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="127 - 152" refId="ref23777" refString="Sharaf MR, Aldawood AS, Mohamed AA, Hita Garcia F. 2020 b. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. J Hym Res. 76: 127 - 152. doi: 10.3897 / jhr. 76.50193." type="journal article" year="2020">Sharaf and Hita Garcia, 2020</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49B482CFFF89FFBEFC78FA5AA9B5F991" box="[927,1156,1521,1546]" country="Oman" name="Zufar" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Dhofar Governorate</collectingRegion>
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||
(
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||
<collectingCountry id="F3670CBDFF89FFBEFF41F9BFADDFF9B6" box="[166,238,1556,1581]" name="Oman" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">Oman</collectingCountry>
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) (
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFEE4F9BFACECF9B6" author="Sharaf MR & Aldawood AS & Mohamed AA & Hita Garcia F" box="[259,477,1556,1581]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="127 - 152" refId="ref23777" refString="Sharaf MR, Aldawood AS, Mohamed AA, Hita Garcia F. 2020 b. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. J Hym Res. 76: 127 - 152. doi: 10.3897 / jhr. 76.50193." type="journal article" year="2020">
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||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFEB2F9BFACB6F9B6" box="[341,391,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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. 2020b
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
). The most remarkable contributions on the genus (
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EFE131DCFF89FFBEFBDDF9BFAC17F9D4" author="Sharaf MR & Aldawood AS & Mohamed AA & Hita Garcia F" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723" pagination="127 - 152" refId="ref23777" refString="Sharaf MR, Aldawood AS, Mohamed AA, Hita Garcia F. 2020 b. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. J Hym Res. 76: 127 - 152. doi: 10.3897 / jhr. 76.50193." type="journal article" year="2020">
|
||
Sharaf
|
||
<emphasis id="B904903FFF89FFBEFF47F99DADE0F9D4" box="[160,209,1590,1615]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1723">et al</emphasis>
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. 2020b
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
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) reviewed and keyed the fauna in the Arabian Peninsula and presented an assessment of the zoogeographical affinities dividing the fauna into two categories, an Afrotropical category with 11 species (52%) and a Palaearctic category with 10 species (47%).
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