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Sharaf &amp; Akbar
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Worker (
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, 6A, C, E)
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Material. 
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leg.), 
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<paragraph blockId="2.[185,1131,1158,1697]" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Measurements of holotype (paratype in brackets): EL 0.25 (0.25); HL 1.25 (1.15); HW 0.90 (0.85); PNH 0.70 (0.60); PNL 0.45 (0.50); PNW 0.45 (0.45); PW 0.65 (0.60); SL 1.35 (1.35); TL 5.75 (6.00); WL 1.90 (1.85). Indices: CI 72 (74); DNI 100 (90); EI 28 (29); LNI 156 (120); SI 150 (159).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[185,1131,1158,1697]" lastBlockId="4.[185,1131,1257,1344]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="71" pageId="2" pageNumber="69">Description. Head. Slightly oval, longer than broad in frontal view, lateral margins converging posteriorly; posterior margin nearly straight in frontal view; antenna 12- segmented; scape long, extending beyond posterior margin of head by about one-third of its length; second funicular segment longer than third; in frontal view, eyes just breaking lateral sides of head in frontal view; eyes of moderate size, with a straight ventral margin and convex dorsal margin, and with 13 ommatidia in the longest row; in frontal view, mandibles subtriangular, but capable of closing tightly against the anterior margin of clypeus without a gap between them when apices overlap, and with a terminal tooth and a small basal dent; clypeus triangular with a distinct median carina and a prominent median lobe; anterior clypeal margin with a large translucent, fringing lamella. – Mesosoma. Metanotal groove deeply impressed; propodeal dorsum long, more than 2.5 x longer than descending face; metapleural gland orifice prominent. – Petiole. In profile, anterior face shorter than the posterior face and rounding to dorsum, which meets the posterior face at a right angle, posterodorsal angle not projecting posteriorly. – Sculpture. Mandible smooth and shining with scattered punctures; clypeus finely, longitudinally rugulose; cephalic surface smooth and shining with relatively pit-like punctures; promesonotum, mesonotum, and propodeal dorsum with few scattered pitlike punctures; metanotal groove cross-ribbed in dorsal view; meso-, metapleuron and descending face of propodeum transversally rugulose; petiole, and gastral tergites finely shagreened. – Pilosity. Body with long, yellow, stiff erect to suberect setae; antennae with appressed dense pubescence. – Colour. Black to brown-black; mandibles, antennae, legs, and tip of gaster brown.</paragraph>
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Figure 1. SEM image of worker of 
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1A. Head, mesosoma, and petiole in profile; 1B. Head in frontal view; 1C. Petiole and gaster in profile.
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Figure 2. Automontage images of male of 
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A. Body in profile; B. Head in frontal view; C. Body in dorsal view (CASENT0922262) (Photograph: Michele Esposito).
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Male (
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A single male was collected by a pitfall trap in the type locality. This specimen is similar to the workers of 
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<emphasis box="[428,559,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
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in terms of body size, colour, sculpture and pilosity and appears to be the male caste of this species. However, a final confirmation is required.
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<paragraph blockId="4.[185,1131,1366,1661]" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Material: Asir Province: Abha, Raydah, Saudi Arabia, 18.02915˚ N, 42.389083˚ E, alt. 1614 m, 26.viii.2014 (Al Dhafer leg.), P.T. 3-3-5, KSMA (CASENT0922262). Measurements: EL 0.36; HL 0.92; HW 0.72; PNH 0.51; PNL 0.38; PNW 0.39; SL 0.28; TL 5.52; WL 1.92. Indices: CI 78; DNI 103; EI 50; LNI 134; SI 39 (n=1).</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[185,653,823,844]" box="[185,653,823,844]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Figure 3. Type locality: Raydah Nature Reserve.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[185,1131,907,1692]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Description. Head. Longer than broad with strongly convex posterior margin in frontal view; antenna 13-segmented; scape short (SI 39); all funicular segments distinctly long- er than broad; eyes large (EL 0.5 x HW, EI 50), with a straight ventral margin and convex dorsal margin; in frontal view, mandibles reduced; clypeus broad, rectangular, with a feeble but distinct median carina. – Petiole. Like worker. – Sculpture. Mandible as worker; clypeus superficially, irregularly rugulose; cephalic surface as worker; in dorsal view, promesonotum and mesonotum finely longitudinally irregularly rugulose; propodeal dorsum transversely rugulose; petiole smooth and shining. – Pilosity. Like work- er. – Colour. As worker, but mandibles, antennae, legs, and tip of gaster yellow or yellow-brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[185,1131,907,1692]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Etymology. The species is named in honour of Dr. Andrew Polaszek (Natural History Museum, London).</paragraph>
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Type locality (
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). The Raydah Nature Reserve is a part of the Asir Mountains and is located 10 km west of Abha City. The village of Raydah lies at 1600 m just outside the protected area. Raydah Nature Reserve has one of the last remnants of bushy juniper forests existing in Saudi Arabia, with a distinct altitudinal zonation of vegetation. The diversity of the vegetation cover of the region is exceptionally high including 
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(
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), 
<taxonomicName box="[462,697,1536,1559]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Ziziphus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spina-christi">
<emphasis box="[462,697,1536,1559]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Ziziphus spina-christi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), 
<taxonomicName box="[876,1040,1536,1561]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Coffea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="arabica">
<emphasis box="[876,1040,1536,1561]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Coffea arabica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rubiaceae</taxonomicName>
) and 
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<emphasis box="[293,367,1568,1591]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="74" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="5.[185,1131,907,1692]" lastBlockId="7.[185,1131,175,538]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="74" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
Differential Diagnosis. 
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<emphasis box="[445,676,1606,1630]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Leptogenys polaszeki</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[687,748,1607,1630]" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is a member of the 
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<emphasis box="[985,1122,1606,1630]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">L. sulcinoda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- group as defined by 
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and cannot be identified using his key to Afrotropical species. 
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<emphasis box="[278,408,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is most similar to 
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<emphasis box="[678,763,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">L. bellii</emphasis>
Emery, 1901
</taxonomicName>
from Ethiopia. The two species are uniformly black to brown-black with mandibles, antennae, legs, and tip of gaster brown. 
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<emphasis box="[380,512,206,231]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
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has the metanotal groove deeply impressed in profile, whereas in 
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<emphasis box="[315,402,237,261]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. bellii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the metanotal groove is shallowly impressed. In addition, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has longer scapes (SI 150-159), lower dorsal petiolar node index (DNI 90-100), and lower lateral petiolar node index (LNI 120-156), versus (SI 122, DNI 127, LNI 171) for 
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<emphasis box="[224,309,329,353]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. bellii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Moreover, 
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<emphasis box="[443,571,329,353]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has smaller eyes, with 13 ommatidia in the longest row, while the eyes of 
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<emphasis box="[436,521,359,384]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. bellii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are larger, with about 21 ommatidia in the longest row. Superficially, 
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<emphasis box="[337,466,390,415]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears similar to 
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<emphasis box="[674,785,390,415]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Bolton, B." box="[793,933,390,413]" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology" pageId="7" pageNumber="74" pagination="235 - 305" part="31" refString="Bolton, B. (1975): A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 31, 235 - 305." title="A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species" type="journal article" year="1975">Bolton, 1975</bibRefCitation>
from Nigeria, but it can be readily separated by the larger body size (TL 5.75-6.00; HL 1.15-1.25; HW 0.85-0.90), the longer scapes (SI 150-159), and the less abundant hair-pits on the body surface; while 
<taxonomicName box="[345,457,482,507]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis box="[345,457,482,507]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a smaller body (TL 4.50 -4.90; HL 0.96-1.02; HW 0.60 - 0.72), shorter scapes (SI 125-138), and abundant hair-pits on the body surface.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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Figure 4. Automontage images of 
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<emphasis box="[539,748,1515,1537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">Leptogenys polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and 
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<emphasis box="[871,995,1515,1537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
L. 
<taxonomicName box="[902,995,1515,1536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rank="species" species="maxillosa">maxillosa</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: A. holotype worker of 
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<emphasis box="[288,405,1542,1564]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
L. 
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</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[412,467,1543,1564]" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, head in frontal view, CASENT 0 922261, B. 
<taxonomicName box="[918,1038,1542,1564]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maxillosa">
<emphasis box="[918,1038,1542,1564]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">L. maxillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Syntype worker, head in frontal view, CASENT0102266 (photographer: April Nobile), C. holotype worker of 
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<emphasis box="[212,328,1597,1620]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, body in profile, CASENT 0 922261, D. 
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<emphasis box="[787,906,1597,1620]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
L. 
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</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, syntype worker, body in profile, CASENT0102266, E. holotype worker of 
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<emphasis box="[692,806,1625,1647]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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body in dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="74" type="key">
<paragraph blockId="7.[185,943,601,625]" box="[185,943,601,625]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,943,601,625]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">
Key to species of the genus 
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[495,619,602,625]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Leptogenys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Arabian Peninsula
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[185,1130,648,1040]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">
1 In frontal view, mandibles subtriangular and feebly curved, but capable of closing tightly against the anterior margin of clypeus without a gap be- tween them (
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A); eyes smaller, with about 13 ommatidia in the longest row (
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A); in profile, petiolar node making a right angle with the straight posterior face (
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C); petiole as long as or little longer than broad in dorsal view (
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E); scapes long (SI 150 – 159) ........... 
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<emphasis box="[939,1066,801,825]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">L. polaszeki</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1073,1130,802,825]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[185,1130,648,1040]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">
– In frontal view, mandibles elongate and curvilinear, not capable of clos- ing tightly against the clypeus (
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B), the apices leaving a large gap be- tween themselves and the clypeus when closed (
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B); eyes larger, with about 25 ommatidia in the longest row (
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B); petiolar node mak- ing a continuous curve with the convex posterior margin (
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D); peti- ole at least 1.5 x broader than long in dorsal view; scapes shorter (SI 101– 110) 
<emphasis box="[282,1042,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">
............................................................................................. 
<taxonomicName authority="Smith" authorityName="Smith" box="[910,1130,1016,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maxillosa">L. maxillosa (Smith)</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="74" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="7.[185,1130,1077,1255]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">
Remarks. The relatively few specimens of 
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<emphasis box="[654,776,1078,1101]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Leptogenys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
known from this region may be due to the nocturnal activity of the species. Direct collecting methods such as hand picking are not as effective as pitfall trapping. 
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<emphasis box="[686,914,1138,1163]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="74">Leptogenys polaszeki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[921,979,1139,1162]" pageId="7" pageNumber="74" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
seems to be a rare taxon since only two specimens were collected during extensive insect surveys near the type locality, including setting more than 200 pitfall traps bimonthly over two consecutive years.
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