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, 1758)).
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The specimens listed above exhibit the major characters of this cosmopolitan synanthropic species, as defined by
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.
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described the new species
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; Wadi Marba (near the Abha-Jazan road, approximately
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from Jazan), Khamis-Mushyat,
<geoCoordinate id="E0AC38F6FFE8FFCDBD2DB93CFC7F2D8E" box="[779,904,620,644]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" precision="5" value="17.9">17.9000°N</geoCoordinate>
,
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,
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). The separation of these species is consistent:
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBFB2B9DFFDA22DA2" box="[404,597,655,680]" class="Arachnida" family="Withiidae" genus="Withius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBFB2B9DFFDA22DA2" box="[404,597,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Withius arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the distal position of trichobothrium
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBA67B9C1FB972DA2" box="[1089,1120,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">est</emphasis>
on the fixed chelal finger, smaller and also slightly more slender pedipalps. The number of setae in the sternal glandular patches in the males is variable in both species.
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBFE0B987FD742DFA" box="[454,643,727,752]" class="Arachnida" family="Withiidae" genus="Withius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arabicus">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBFE0B987FD742DFA" box="[454,643,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Withius arabicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not collected during this study.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="85275E31FFE8FFCDBEE1B9ACFB282B5D" blockId="5.[151,1436,295,1112]" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBEE1B9ACFE1D2C1F" bold="true" box="[199,490,764,789]" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Ecological observations.</emphasis>
In Al Bahah,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBCB1B9ACFCC52C1E" box="[663,818,764,789]" class="Arachnida" family="Withiidae" genus="Withius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="piger">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBCB1B9ACFCC52C1E" box="[663,818,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Withius piger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was collected by sifting leaf litter under banana and
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBEB1B871FF222C32" box="[151,213,801,824]" class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBEB1B871FF222C32" box="[151,213,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Ficus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
trees. Several ant species were found coexisting with this species, including
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBABEB871FEDE2C57" authority="Collingwood" authorityName="Collingwood" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsutum">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBABEB871FA6B2C32" box="[1176,1436,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Tetramorium hirsutum</emphasis>
Collingwood
</taxonomicName>
&amp; van Harten, 2005;
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBC3CB815FC302C57" authority="Sharaf &amp; Aldawood" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Aldawood" box="[538,967,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tapinoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBC3CB815FD172C57" box="[538,736,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Tapinoma wilsoni</emphasis>
Sharaf &amp; Aldawood
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBDDAB815FA972C56" authority="Emery, 1901" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1901" box="[1020,1376,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obtusa">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBDDAB815FB412C57" box="[1020,1206,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Lepisiota obtusa</emphasis>
(Emery, 1901)
</taxonomicName>
. This pseudoscorpion was also collected by sifting leaf litter under
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBD57B839FBB42C8A" box="[881,1091,873,896]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Ricinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Malpighiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="communis">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBD57B839FBB42C8A" box="[881,1091,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Ricinus communis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBA5CB837FADF2C8A" box="[1146,1320,871,896]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Euphorbiaceae</taxonomicName>
). In Wadi Qonouna, it was collected from beneath a date palm tree,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBD0DB8DCFBFE2CAF" box="[811,1033,908,933]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Phoenix" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dactylifera">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBD0DB8DCFBFE2CAF" box="[811,1033,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Phoenix dactylifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBA1FB8DCFB432CAE" box="[1081,1204,908,932]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Arecaceae</taxonomicName>
), in loose sandy soil with a high moisture content and among roots of small
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBD6EB8FFFBDF2CC2" box="[840,1064,943,968]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Portulacaceae" genus="Portulaca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="oleracea">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBD6EB8FFFBDF2CC2" box="[840,1064,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Portulaca oleracea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBA42B8FFFAF42CC2" box="[1124,1283,943,968]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Portulacaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Portulacaceae</taxonomicName>
) plants. The specimens were in company with
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBC32B885FB912CE6" authority="Sharaf &amp; Aldawood, 2013" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2013" box="[532,1126,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kondratieffi">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBC32B885FCC02CE7" box="[532,823,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Monomorium kondratieffi</emphasis>
Sharaf &amp; Aldawood, 2013
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBABBB885FEE82B1A" authority="Forel, 1894" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1894" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exiguum">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBABBB885FA6B2CE6" box="[1181,1436,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Monomorium exiguum</emphasis>
Forel, 1894
</taxonomicName>
. Other ant species occurring in the area included
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBD7BB8A9FAD32B1A" authority="Jerdon, 1851" authorityName="Jerdon" authorityYear="1851" box="[861,1316,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="destructor">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBD7BB8A9FB852B1A" box="[861,1138,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Monomorium destructor</emphasis>
(Jerdon, 1851)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBB15B8A9FEE92B3E" authority="Forel, 1902" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mayri">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBB15B8A9FA6B2B1A" box="[1331,1436,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">M. mayri</emphasis>
Forel, 1902
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBF0ABF4DFD122B3F" authority="Roger, 1857" authorityName="Roger" authorityYear="1857" box="[300,741,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caldarium">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBF0ABF4DFDCE2B3F" box="[300,569,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Tetramorium caldarium</emphasis>
(Roger, 1857)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBCD2BF4DFC002B3F" authority="Emery" authorityName="Emery" box="[756,1015,1053,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeiventre">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBCD2BF4DFC552B3E" box="[756,930,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">T. sericeiventre</emphasis>
Emery
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBA23BF4CFF2D2B52" authority="Latreille, 1802" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1802" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratrechina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornis">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBA23BF4CFAD42B3F" box="[1029,1315,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
(Latreille, 1802)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBEC0BF6FFD502B52" authority="Mayr, 1904" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1904" box="[230,679,1087,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaegerskioeldi">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBEC0BF6FFDFE2B52" box="[230,521,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi</emphasis>
(Mayr, 1904)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBC95BF6FFCAD2B52" box="[691,858,1087,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cardiocondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBC95BF6FFCAD2B52" box="[691,858,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Cardiocondyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBDA9BF6FFC042B52" box="[911,1011,1087,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBDA9BF6FFC042B52" box="[911,1011,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Pheidole</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. and
<taxonomicName id="429825B2FFE8FFCDBA69BF11FB402B52" box="[1103,1207,1089,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B7EC8223FFE8FFCDBA69BF11FB402B52" box="[1103,1207,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="392">Lepisiota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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