Technomyrmex montaseri sp. n., a new ant species of the T. gibbosus-group from Oman (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a key to the Technomyrmex species of the Arabian Peninsula

Mostafa R Sharaf; Cedric A Collingwood; Abdulrahman S Aldawood

doi:10.3897/zookeys.108.930

Technomyrmex montaseri sp. n., a new ant species of the T. gibbosus-group from Oman (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a key to the Technomyrmex species of the Arabian Peninsula

Zookeys. 2011:(108):11-9. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.108.930. Epub 2011 Jun 17.

Authors

Mostafa R Sharaf¹, Cedric A Collingwood, Abdulrahman S Aldawood

Affiliation

¹ Plant Protection Department, College of Food Sciences and Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460. Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Technomyrmex montaserisp. n. is described and illustrated from Oman based on the worker caste collected in Bani Sur. It belongs to the Technomyrmex gibbosus-group, with closest resemblance to Technomyrmex vexatus (Santschi, 1919) and Technomyrmex gibbosus W. M. Wheeler, 1906. A key to the Arabian Technomyrmex is given.

Keywords: Alpha taxonomy; Arabia; Key; Middle East; Palaearctic; Technomyrmex.