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. 2015 Dec 14:(545):101-17.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.545.6308. eCollection 2015.

Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group

Mostafa R Sharaf  1 , Cedric A Collingwood  2 , Abdulrahman S Aldawood  1
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Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group

Mostafa R Sharaf et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. is described and illustrated from the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste. It belongs to the Cataglyphis pallida-group which is recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula. Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. is similar to Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877 from Kazakhstan. Differential diagnosis between these two species is given and a key to the species of the Cataglyphis pallida-group is presented. Cataglyphis laylae Collingwood, 2011 is treated as a junior synonym of Cataglyphis saharae Santschi, 1929. Cataglyphis flavobrunnea Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 is redescribed and a lectotype for this species is designated.

Keywords: Arabian Peninsula; Formicinae; Middle East; Palearctic region; Synonymy; key; lectotype; new designation; taxonomy.

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Figures

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Figures 1.
Body in profile of Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. (Holotype worker), CASENT0906454. Photographer: Cerise Chen, www.AntWeb.org
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Figures 2.
Body in dorsal view of Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. (Holotype worker), CASENT0906454. Photographer: Cerise Chen, www.AntWeb.org
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Figures 3.
Head in full-face view of Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. (Holotype worker), CASENT0906454. Photographer: Cerise Chen, www.AntWeb.org
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Figure 4.
Cataglyphis emeryi body in profile, (Syntype worker), CASENT0911110, Photographer: Zach Lieberman.
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Figure 5.
Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. (Holotype worker), body in profile, CASENT0906454, Photographer: Cerise Chen.
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Figure 6.
Cataglyphis pallida, head in full-face view, CASENT0911112, Photographer: Zach Lieberman.
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Figure 7.
Cataglyphis fisheri sp. n. (Holotype worker), body in profile, CASENT0906454, Photographer: Cerise Chen.
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Figure 8.
Cataglyphis pallida (Cotype), head in full-face view, CASENT0911112, Photographer: Alexandra Westrich.
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Figure 9.
Body in profile of Cataglyphis flavobrunnea (paralectotype worker), CASENT0249838.
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Figure 10.
Body in dorsal view of Cataglyphis flavobrunnea (paralectotype worker), CASENT0249838.
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Figure 11.
Head in full-face view of Cataglyphis flavobrunnea (paralectotype worker), CASENT0249838.
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Figure 12.
Specimen label. Photographer: Ryan Perry, www.AntWeb.org
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Figure 13.
Body in profile of Cataglyphis saharae (holotype worker), CASENT0912226.
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Figure 14.
Body in dorsal view of Cataglyphis saharae (holotype worker), CASENT0912226.
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Figure 15.
Head in full-face view of Cataglyphis saharae (holotype worker), CASENT0912226.
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Figure 16.
Specimen label. Photographer: Zach Lieberman, www.AntWeb.org
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