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

Technomyrmex montaseri sp. 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 T. vexatus (Santschi, 1919) and T. gibbosus W. M. Wheeler, 1906. A key to the Arabian Technomyrmex is given...

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Main Authors: Mostafa Sharaf, Cedric Collingwood, Abdulrahman Aldawood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
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