The Tetramorium
squaminode species group (Hymenoptera,Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula,with a new record from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and keys to Arabian species |
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| Authors: | Mostafa R Sharaf Hathal M Al Dhafer Abdulrahman S Aldawood |
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| Institution: | 1.Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460 |
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| Abstract: | The Arabian species of the Tetramorium
squaminode-group are treated. Tetramorium
squaminode Santschi, 1911 is recorded for the first time from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. Keys to the two Arabian species of the Tetramorium
squaminode-group, Tetramorium
latinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 and Tetramorium
squaminode, based on worker and queen castes, are given and a regional distribution map is provided. Notes on habitats of Tetramorium
squaminode are presented. |
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| Keywords: | Myrmicinae" target="_blank">Myrmicinae Middle East Palearctic Region Asir Mountains taxonomy keys squaminode-group" target="_blank">squaminode-group |
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