scholarly journals Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 27-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa R. Sharaf ◽  
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood ◽  
Francisco Hita Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Worker Caste ◽  
Original Type

The genus Crematogaster is one of the most species-rich and widespread groups of ants. Despite their often-high local abundance and important ecological interactions, the taxonomy of the genus is fragmentary and in great need of modern revisionary studies. As a first step towards a revision for the Arabian fauna of Crematogaster, a review of all known species with synoptic species accounts is provided. Seventeen species are recognized and illustrated from the Arabian Peninsula, of which two new species are described: C. jacindae Sharaf & Hita Garcia, sp. nov. from the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, and C. gryllsi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, sp. nov. from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) based on the worker caste. Crematogaster jacindaesp. nov. is easily separated from the remainder of the Arabian Crematogaster fauna due to its complete lack of propodeal spines, slit-shaped propodeal spiracles, and its distinct bicoloration, whereas C. gryllsisp. nov. is readily distinguished by its unlobed postpetiolar dorsum. Furthermore, new country records are presented: C. acaciae Forel for the KSA and Yemen, and C. delagoensis Forel and C. jehovae Forel for the KSAC. antaris for Qatar, whereas C. luctans Forel is excluded from the Arabian fauna. In addition, on the basis of morphological examination of original type material, C. affabilis Forel is proposed as junior synonym of C. chiarinii Mayr, and C. striaticeps is elevated to species rank stat. nov. Furthermore, a new identification key for the Arabian species is provided, as well as distribution maps for all species.

scholarly journals Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Sharaf ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer ◽  
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood ◽  
Francisco Hita Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Myrmicine Ants ◽  
Worker Caste ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

We revise the taxonomy of the myrmicine ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group for the Arabian Peninsula. Six species are recognized: Monomorium aeyade Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, M. clavicorne André, 1881, M. exiguum Forel, 1894, M. holothir Bolton, 1987, M. mohammedi sp. n., and M. sarawatense Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013. On the basis of the worker caste, we describe Monomorium mohammedi sp. n. from the southwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We designate a neotype for Monomorium aeyade Collingwood & Agosti and redescribe and illustrate the worker caste. Furthermore, we provide a worker-based species identification key, distribution maps for the treated species, and ecological and biological notes, if available. Monomorium holothir is recorded for the first time from the KSA. Also, we propose M. clavicorne var. punica Santschi, 1915a as a junior synonym of M. clavicorne, as well as M. dryhimi Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011 and M. montanum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 to be treated as junior synonyms of Monomorium exiguum.

scholarly journals Review of the ant genusMeranoplusSmith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new speciesM. mosalahisp. n. from Oman

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa R. Sharaf ◽  
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Microscope Images ◽  
Worker Caste ◽  
Scanning Electron

The species ofMeranoplusSmith, 1853 of the Arabian Peninsula are reviewed based on the worker caste. Two species are recognized, keyed, and illustrated by Scanning Electron Microscope images (SEM),Meranoplus mosalahiandM. pulcher, Sharaf, 2014.Meranoplus mosalahisp. n.is described from the Dhofar Governorate, Oman based on the worker caste. The new species belongs to theM. magrettii-group and closely resemblesM. pulcherSharaf, 2014 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), from which it can be distinguished by the bicolored body, the shallowly concave anterior clypeal margin, the absence of well-developed anterior clypeal teeth, the fewer irregular longitudinal cephalic rugae, and the feeble longitudinal rugae on posterior face of petiolar node.

scholarly journals Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa R. Sharaf ◽  
Shehzad Salman ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer ◽  
Shahid A. Akbar ◽  
Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Worker Caste

The ant genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 is revised for the Arabian Peninsula based on the worker caste. Nine species are recognized and descriptions of two new species, T. almosayari sp. nov. and T. shakeri sp. nov. from Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, are given. For nomenclatural stability, lectotypes for T. abyssinicus (Forel, 1894a), T. lameerei (Forel, 1902) and T. mayri (Forel, 1902) are designated. A key to species and diagnostic characters of the treated species are presented. New country records are presented for T. abyssinicus (Saudi Arabia), T. destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) and T. mayri (Qatar). New distributional records for T. destructor and T. mayri for Saudi Arabia are also provided. World and regional species distributions are indicated and distributional maps for nine Arabian species are included. Ecological and biological information is given when known.

scholarly journals Labiobaetis from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 774 ◽  
pp. 77-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Gattolliat ◽  
Boris C. Kondratieff ◽  
Thomas Kaltenbach ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Larval Stage ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
First Time

Mayfly larvae and imagos were collected at approximately 50 localities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSU). Included in this material, three species of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge, 1987 are recorded, two of them being new to science. Labiobaetispotamoticus Gattolliat & Al Dhafer, sp. n. is described from both larvae and adults, whereas Labiobaetisalahmadii Gattolliat & Al Dhafer, sp. n. is only known from the larval stage. The two species are compared morphologically with Palearctic and Afrotropical species of Labiobaetis. A third species, Labiobaetisglaucus (Agnew, 1961) is reported for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula. The species was originally described from South Africa and subsequently reported from the east and northeast of Africa. A molecular reconstruction including 18 Afrotropical and Palearctic species of Labiobaetis was performed using 658 bp of the mitochondrial gene CO1. The reconstruction highly supported the validity of the two new species and confirmed the occurrence of L.glaucus in KSU.

Two new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from the Arabian Peninsula and Mauritania (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Acmaeoderini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4648 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK G. VOLKOVITSH
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Two New Species

Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) strumiai sp. nov. from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Mauritania, and A. (Acmaeotethya) dhofarica sp. nov. from Oman and Yemen are described, illustrated and compared with related species. 

NEW TAXA OF CONVOLVULUS (CONVOLVULACEAE) FROM THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Mill
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Iucn Conservation Assessment ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae), C. excelsus R.R.Mill and C. infantispinosus R.R.Mill, are described from Saudi Arabia. Convolvulus excelsus, an exceptionally tall species, has affinities with C. erinaceus Ledeb. but is phytogeographically disjunct from that and other allied species. Two new subspecies are also described: Convolvulus hystrix Vahl subsp. dhofarica R.R.Mill, from Oman, and C. oxyphyllus Boiss. subsp. sheilae R.R.Mill, from Saudi Arabia. Each novelty is given a provisional IUCN conservation assessment.

Two New Species ofAloefrom the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2014 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 258-263
Author(s):  
Tom A. McCoy ◽  
John J. Lavranos
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Two New Species

scholarly journals First record of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae, Ooderini) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of four new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 874 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Soliman ◽  
Neveen S. Gadallah ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae) is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. The present study is based on specimens reared from xylophagous beetle larvae of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) infesting dead Acacia trees from Al-Dakhiliyah and Dhofar governorates in Oman and Al-Baha, Asir and Riyadh regions in Saudi Arabia. Four new species, Oodera arabicasp. nov., O. omanensissp. nov., O. rapuzziisp. nov., and O. similissp. nov. are described, illustrated and compared with closely related Oodera species. An illustrated key and the xylophagous host records of the species are also provided.

First record of the genus Eucremastus Szépligeti, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4216 (4) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
NEVEEN S. GADALLAH ◽  
AHMED M. SOLIMAN ◽  
HATHAL M. AL DHAFER
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

The genus Eucremastus Szépligeti, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The present study is based on specimens collected from Al-Khararah, Rawdhat Al-Harmalyiah, Rawdhat Al-Sabalh, Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal and Wadi Ghaihab (Riyadh region, Central of Saudi Arabia). Three new species, E. arabicus Gadallah & Soliman, E. flavus Gadallah & Soliman and E. rufoantennalis Gadallah & Soliman are described and illustrated. An illustrated key to species is also provided. 

TWO NEW SPECIES OF COSSINAE (LEPIDOPTERA, COSSIDAE) FROM ARABIAN PENINSULA

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 42-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman V. Yakovlev
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Two New Species

The article gives description of two species of Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) new to science, Brachylia fibigeri sp. nov. from Yemen (Sana’a Province) and Mirocossus pittawayi sp. n. from Saudi Arabia (Asir Province). Both new species belong to the genera new to the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula, previously indicated only in Africa.

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