Nesomyrmex micheleae,a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Dhofar Governorate,Oman, with a synoptic list,distribution map and key to the Arabian Nesomyrmex |
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| Authors: | Mostafa R Sharaf Amr A Mohamed Hathal M Al Dhafer Abdulrahman S Aldawood |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University , Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia antsharaf@gmail.com mosharaf@ksu.edu.sa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-0705;3. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University , Giza, Egypt;4. Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University , Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT A new species of the myrmicine ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910, N. micheleae Sharaf sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Oman based on the worker caste. The new species is a member of the N. angulatus species group and can be diagnosed by the golden yellow gaster that contrasts with the dark brown body; the irregular longitudinal rugulose sculpture on the cephalic surface; and the finely punctate mesonotum and propodeal dorsum. A synoptic species list, an updated key and a distribution map to the Arabian Nesomyrmex species are presented. Continued ant species discoveries are central to large-scale diversity patterns, conservation biology and macroecology. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FBCEACA7-E543-4B10-AB9D-D63319DCB31F http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1D2EC498-3B2E-43CD-A3C0-1C6C237471E2 |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-0705;3. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University , Giza, Egypt;4. Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University , Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia