Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera,Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C.
pallida-group |
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| Authors: | Mostafa R. Sharaf Cedric A. Collingwood Abdulrahman S. Aldawood |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Economic Entomology Research Unit (EERU), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Saudi Arabia;2.18 Milton Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2ED, U. K. |
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| Abstract: | Cataglyphisfisherisp. n. is described and illustrated from the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste. It belongs to the Cataglyphispallida-group which is recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula. Cataglyphisfisherisp. n. is similar to Cataglyphispallida Mayr, 1877 from Kazakhstan. Differential diagnosis between these two species is given and a key to the species of the Cataglyphispallida-group is presented. Cataglyphislaylae Collingwood, 2011 is treated as a junior synonym of Cataglyphissaharae Santschi, 1929. Cataglyphisflavobrunnea Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 is redescribed and a lectotype for this species is designated. |
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| Keywords: | Synonymy, new designation, taxonomy, lectotype, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, Palearctic region, taxon-name" > subfamily" >Formicinae, key |
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