阿拉伯半岛该物种组（膜翅目：蚁科）蚂蚁及沙特阿拉伯西南部一新物种的描述

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

作者信息

Sharaf Mostafa, Al Dhafer Hathal M, Aldawood Abdulrahman S, Hita Garcia Francisco

机构信息

Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.

出版信息

PeerJ. 2018 Feb 1;6:e4277. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4277. eCollection 2018.

DOI:10.7717/peerj.4277

PMID:29404210

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5797683/

Abstract

We revise the taxonomy of the myrmicine ants of the species-group for the Arabian Peninsula. Six species are recognized: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, André, 1881, Forel, 1894, . Bolton, 1987, sp. n., and Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013. On the basis of the worker caste, we describe sp. n. from the southwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We designate a neotype for 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. is recorded for the first time from the KSA. Also, we propose var. Santschi, 1915a as a junior synonym of , as well as Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011 and Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 to be treated as junior synonyms of .

摘要

我们修订了阿拉伯半岛该物种组蚁亚科蚂蚁的分类法。确认了六个物种：科林伍德和阿戈斯蒂，1996年；安德烈，1881年；福雷尔，1894年；博尔顿，1987年，新物种；以及沙拉夫和阿尔德伍德，2013年。基于工蚁等级，我们描述了来自沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）西南部地区的新物种。我们为科林伍德和阿戈斯蒂指定了一个新模标本，并重新描述和绘制了工蚁等级。此外，我们提供了基于工蚁的物种鉴定检索表、所处理物种的分布图，以及如有可用的生态和生物学注释。该物种首次在沙特阿拉伯王国被记录。此外，我们提议将桑奇，1915a变种作为的次异名，以及阿尔德伍德和沙拉夫，2011年和科林伍德和阿戈斯蒂，1996年作为的次异名。