Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula

By

Sharaf, Mostafa R.
Akbar, Shahid Ali
Aldawood, Abdulrahman Saad
Hita Garcia, Francisco, 1975-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-6-1

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

58

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

21--37

Subjects

Afrotropical region , Asir Province , identification key , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , new species , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782

 

Abstract

In this study, we review the Arabian species of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler. We provide species reviews for the two previously known species, N.angulatus (Mayr, 1862) and N.humerosus (Emery, 1896) and describe a new species N.zaherisp. n. from Yemen based on the worker caste. An illustrated key to the Arabian species of the genus and montage photos of all three species are provided.