The Tetramorium squaminode species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a new record from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and keys to Arabian species

By

Sharaf, Mostafa
Al Dhafer, Hathal
Aldawood, Abdulrahman Saad

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

502

Pages

99-115

Subjects

Asir Mountains , keys , Middle East , Myrmicinae , Palearctic region , squaminode-group , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.502.9011

 

Abstract

The Arabian species of the Tetramorium squaminode-group are treated. Tetramorium squaminode Santschi, 1911 is recorded for the first time from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. Keys to the two Arabian species of the T. squaminode-group, T. latinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 and T. squaminode, based on worker and queen castes, are given and a regional distribution map is provided. Notes on habitats of T. squaminode are presented.