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First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n.
Abstract. The myrmicine ant genus Carebara is recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia from the Arabian Peninsula as a whole. A new species Carebara abuhurayri sp. n. is described based on workers collected from Al Bahah region. One of the smallest ant species known to occur in Arabia, Carebara a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.92.770 |
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author | Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. Sharaf, Mostafa R. Taylor, Brian |
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description | Abstract. The myrmicine ant genus Carebara is recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia from the Arabian Peninsula as a whole. A new species Carebara abuhurayri sp. n. is described based on workers collected from Al Bahah region. One of the smallest ant species known to occur in Arabia, Carebara abuhurayri is found in an area inhabited by many ant species including Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877, Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1952, Pheidole sp., Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851), Monomorium exiguum (Forel, 1894) and Monomorium sp. and Crematogaster sp. |
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spelling | pubmed-30845452011-05-18 First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. Sharaf, Mostafa R. Taylor, Brian Zookeys Article Abstract. The myrmicine ant genus Carebara is recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia from the Arabian Peninsula as a whole. A new species Carebara abuhurayri sp. n. is described based on workers collected from Al Bahah region. One of the smallest ant species known to occur in Arabia, Carebara abuhurayri is found in an area inhabited by many ant species including Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877, Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1952, Pheidole sp., Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851), Monomorium exiguum (Forel, 1894) and Monomorium sp. and Crematogaster sp. Pensoft Publishers 2011-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3084545/ /pubmed/21594112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.92.770 Text en Abdulrahman S. Aldawood, Mostafa R. Sharaf, Brian Taylor http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. Sharaf, Mostafa R. Taylor, Brian First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. |
title | First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. |
title_full | First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. |
title_fullStr | First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. |
title_full_unstemmed | First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. |
title_short | First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. |
title_sort | first record of the myrmicine ant genus carebara westwood, 1840 (hymenoptera, formicidae) from saudi arabia with description of a new species, c. abuhurayri sp. n. |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.92.770 |
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