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<collectingDate id="EFA3995C2C659743FBC455E98A5AFB61" box="[1132,1283,1165,1192]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2015-10-12">12 Oct. 2015</collectingDate>
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leg. (
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C659743FF4255968E3EFAC5" bold="true" box="[234,359,1266,1292]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Paratypes</emphasis>
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SAUDI ARABIA: 1 w, same data as the holotype (KSMA); 4 w, Riyadh, Wadi Hanifa, 24.90˚ N, 46.18˚ E, alt. 806 m, 29 Apr. 2015, Aldhafer
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leg. (1 in CASC: CASENT0922068; 3 in KSMA). Type material is collected by pitfall traps.
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C659743FF1554A88CC2F9C1" blockId="27.[189,1398,1483,1545]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MEASUREMENTS. Holotype, worker. TL 2.07; HL 0.62; HW 0.56; SL 0.48; EL 0.19; ML 0.56; PW 0.31; PTL 0.14; PTW 0.09; PPL 0.08; PPW 0.15; CI 90; EI 34; SI 86.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C659743FF1557548A2FF9A4" blockId="27.[189,1398,1583,1681]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">WORKER. TL 1.942.33; HL 0.580.67; HW 0.520.64; SL 0.360.48; EL 0.180.21; ML 0.530.66; PW 0.290.34; PTL 0.140.18; PTW 0.090.13; PPL 0.080.15; PPW 0.140.18; CI 8596; EI 3137;</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C659743FF1557128EDDF958" blockId="27.[189,1398,1583,1681]" box="[189,388,1654,1681]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">SI 6886 (n = 5).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C659743FF1557DC8CB5F8F2" blockId="27.[189,1399,1719,1852]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">HEAD. Slightly longer than broad and broader anteriorly than posteriorly, with emarginated posterior margin and feebly convex sides; anterior clypeal margin nearly straight or feebly convex; eyes large (EL 0.310.36 × HW), with 11 ommatidia in longest row; scapes when laid back from their insertions surpassing posterior margin of head by about one third of eye length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C659743FF1556078BF8F8B5" blockId="27.[189,1185,1890,1917]" box="[189,1185,1890,1917]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MESOSOMA. Promesonotum distinctly convex in profile; metanotal groove impressed.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C659745FF1556C08C70FE80" blockId="27.[189,1399,1956,2018]" lastBlockId="29.[189,1398,267,329]" lastPageId="29" lastPageNumber="30" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">PILOSITY. Underside of head with few short straight hairs, not forming a psammophore; cephalic surface and mandibles with sparse short hairs, anterior clypeal margin with a median long hair and two pairs of long hairs on each side; antennae with dense appressed pubescence; mesosoma without hairs except for few sparse appressed pubescence on promesonotum.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C629744FF1556CC8E41F80B" bold="true" box="[189,280,1960,1986]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 12.</emphasis>
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, lectotype, worker (CASENT0101849).
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. Body in dorsal view.
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. Head in full-face view (photos: Zach Lieberman).
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF1550118C12FE43" blockId="29.[189,843,368,394]" box="[189,843,368,394]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">PETIOLE. With one pair of long, backward directed hairs.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF1550D68DA9FE26" blockId="29.[189,1398,433,495]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">POSTPETIOLE. With two pairs; first gastral tergite bare except for few sparse appressed pubescence, the remaining gastral tergites with some long hairs.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF1553728A5DFDBF" blockId="29.[189,1399,534,631]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">SCULPTURE. Cephalic surface smooth and shining except posterior margin of head, area in front of eyes and mandibles longitudinally rugulose; promesonotal dorsum faintly irregularly sculptured; mesopleura, propodeum, petiole and postpetiole densely punctulate-reticulate; gaster smooth and shining.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF1553FA8C8FFD71" blockId="29.[189,982,670,696]" box="[189,982,670,696]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">COLOUR. Uniform yellow, eyes black, mandibular teeth dark brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF1553BB8E95FD30" blockId="29.[189,460,735,761]" box="[189,460,735,761]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FF1553BB8E95FD30" bold="true" box="[189,460,735,761]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF15526A8CA9FC7C" blockId="29.[189,1398,782,949]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
Among the Arabian
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FE6A526A8D34FCE1" box="[450,621,782,808]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Trichomyrmex</emphasis>
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species,
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FD4D526B8C39FCE1" box="[741,864,782,808]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">T. shakeri</emphasis>
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is a conspicuous species, quickly identified by the uniform yellow colour and the exceptionally larger eyes (EL 0.310.36 × HW) compared to other sympatric species.
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FE5752308C50FCA7" box="[511,777,852,878]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Trichomyrmex shakeri</emphasis>
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is superficially similar to
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FB3452318A7BFCA7" box="[1180,1314,852,878]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">T. santschii</emphasis>
(Forel, 1907)
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from North Africa (Tunisia) in colour and measurements, but it can be readily separated by the absence of the psammophore, which is well-developed in
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FCCC52F88CB0FC7C" box="[868,1001,923,949]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">T. santschii</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BE646742C639745FF1556ED8ED2F822" blockId="29.[189,1399,1929,2027]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FF1556ED8E47F86A" bold="true" box="[189,286,1929,1955]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Fig. 13.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FE8056EE8D62F86D" box="[296,571,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Trichomyrmex shakeri</emphasis>
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, paratype, worker (CASENT0922068).
<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FB2456ED8BF8F86A" bold="true" box="[1164,1185,1929,1955]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">A</emphasis>
. Body in profile.
<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FF1556C98F89F80E" bold="true" box="[189,208,1965,1991]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
. Body in dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FE7256C98EB6F80E" bold="true" box="[474,495,1965,1991]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">C</emphasis>
. Head in full-face view (photos: Michele Esposito).
<emphasis id="B92D9A662C639745FBF356C98B36F80E" bold="true" box="[1115,1135,1965,1991]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">D</emphasis>
. Type locality (photo: A. Shams Alola).
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<subSubSection id="C34315FF2C609746FF15506F8BC7FE53" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis id="B92D9A662C609746FF15506F8D67FEEC" bold="true" box="[189,574,267,293]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ecological and biological notes</emphasis>
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This species is considered uncommon. Only six workers were collected in 150 pitfall traps run for one year at the type locality, a relatively pristine section of Wadi Hanifa (
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D). Other sampling methods (soil sifting, light traps, beating sheets) were not successful in adding more material.
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