A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species

Abstract. Tapinoma wilsoni sp. n. is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste collected from Al Baha, Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles Tapinoma lugubre Santschi 1917, from Zimbabwe in body measurements but can be distinguished from the latter species by the yellowish b...

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Autores principales: Sharaf, Mostafa R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., ElHawagry, Magdi S.
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22933848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.212.3325
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description Abstract. Tapinoma wilsoni sp. n. is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste collected from Al Baha, Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles Tapinoma lugubre Santschi 1917, from Zimbabwe in body measurements but can be distinguished from the latter species by the yellowish brown color; the yellowish pubescence, the two pairs of hairs present on the anterior part of the head; and the distinctly concave anterior clypeal margin. Biological and ecological notes of the new species are presented. An identification key to the workers of the Arabian species of the genus Tapinoma is given.
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spelling pubmed-34287022012-08-29 A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species Sharaf, Mostafa R. Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. ElHawagry, Magdi S. Zookeys Article Abstract. Tapinoma wilsoni sp. n. is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste collected from Al Baha, Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles Tapinoma lugubre Santschi 1917, from Zimbabwe in body measurements but can be distinguished from the latter species by the yellowish brown color; the yellowish pubescence, the two pairs of hairs present on the anterior part of the head; and the distinctly concave anterior clypeal margin. Biological and ecological notes of the new species are presented. An identification key to the workers of the Arabian species of the genus Tapinoma is given. Pensoft Publishers 2012-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3428702/ /pubmed/22933848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.212.3325 Text en Mostafa R. Sharaf, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood, Magdi S. ElHawagry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Sharaf, Mostafa R.
Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
ElHawagry, Magdi S.
A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species
title A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species
title_full A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species
title_fullStr A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species
title_full_unstemmed A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species
title_short A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species
title_sort new ant species of the genus tapinoma (hymenoptera, formicidae) from saudi arabia with a key to the arabian species
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3428702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22933848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.212.3325
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