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

Mostafa R Sharaf; Hathal M Al Dhafer; Abdulrahman S Aldawood

doi:10.3897/zookeys.502.9011

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

Zookeys. 2015 May 4:(502):99-115. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.502.9011. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Mostafa R Sharaf¹, Hathal M Al Dhafer¹, Abdulrahman S Aldawood¹

Affiliation

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

Abstract

The Arabian species of the Tetramoriumsquaminode-group are treated. Tetramoriumsquaminode 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 Tetramoriumsquaminode-group, Tetramoriumlatinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 and Tetramoriumsquaminode, based on worker and queen castes, are given and a regional distribution map is provided. Notes on habitats of Tetramoriumsquaminode are presented.

Keywords: Asir Mountains; Middle East; Myrmicinae; Palearctic Region; keys; squaminode-group; taxonomy.