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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Sharaf MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3487640 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20121011 228
The ant subfamily Aenictinae is recorded for the first time from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and for the second time from the Arabian Peninsula. A new species Aenictus arabicussp. n., is described from the worker caste. Aenictus arabicus belongs to the Aenictus wroughtonii-group and appears to be most closely related to Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the following characters: overall smaller size; cephalic index (head width/head length) small; occ ...[more]