The ant genus Carebara Westwood in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera,Formicidae) |
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| Authors: | Mostafa R. Sharaf Abdulrahman S. Aldawood |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, PO Box 2460, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The ant genus Carebara of the Arabian Peninsula is revised. Carebara abuhurayri Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 is synonymized under Carebara arabica Collingwood & van Harten, 2001. Carebara arabica is redescribed and a Neotype is fixed based on a specimen collected from southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A new species, C. fayrouzaesp. n. is described from Saudi Arabia based on queens, major and minor workers. Keys to major and minor workers of the two Arabian Carebara species are given. |
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| Keywords: | Saudi Arabia Palearctic region Myrmicinae key taxonomy new species |
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