A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia |
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| Authors: | Mostafa R. Sharaf Shahid A. Akbar Hathal M. Al Dhafer Abdulrahman S. Aldawood |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;2. Plant Protection Division, Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
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| Abstract: | Leptogenys polaszeki sp. n. is described from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia, based on the worker caste. The new species is a member of the L. sulcinoda-group and appears closest to L. bellii Emery, 1901, originally described from Ethiopia. The likely male caste of L. polaszeki sp. n. is described based on a single specimen collected by a pitfall trap in the type locality. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D3BF3AF-5308–48E8–8416–902278909AD5 |
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| Keywords: | Ponerinae Middle East Asir Mountains key Afrotropical region |
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