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Lepisiota elegantissima Cedric A. Collingwood & Donat Agosti & Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten 2011, nov. spec.
No full textLepisiota elegantissima Collingwood & van Harten nov. spec. Plates 108–109 Specimens examined: Holotype: ☿, United Arab Emirates, Wadi Maidaq [25°18'N 56°07'E], 26.x– 9.xi.2006, in yellow and white water traps, leg. A. van Harten (NHML). Paratypes: 5 ☿, same data as holotype but in Liverpool Museum; 1 ☿, same data but 15–31.x.2010. Three workers collected from Malaise trap at Wadi Wurayah, 18–25.iii.2007, are in alcohol and were not included in the type series. Description: Head and gaster black, midbody and petiole yellowish brown. Legs and antennae yellow, the apical parts of mid and hind femora are suffusedly blackish. Surface sculpture dull, finely reticulate. Petiole long with very short blunt lateral processes (teeth). Propodeum with a pair of fine upright teeth. Mesonotum tube-like, very thin, narrow and long relative to pronotum and propodeum. Measurements (in mm): Total length 4.25–4.60; head length 0.80–0.82; head width 0.46– 0.61, scapus length 2.0, eye diameter 0.23, petiole width 0.16; petiole length 0.56; propodeal teeth 0.09; mesonotal width 0.16; mesonotal length 0.24; hind tibia 2.04; pronotum 0.90 long, 1.46 wide. Scape index 4.44 (excessively long in comparison to other species). No dorsal hairs except for a few on clypeus and some very short hairs on petiole. Differential diagnosis: An elegant elongate species with long legs and antennae, differing from L. arenaria and L. longinoda by its blunt petiole and long narrow mid-body. Etymology: The species epiphet elegantissima is derived from ‘elegans’, Latin for elegant, meaning most elegant, referring to the shape of this very beautiful species.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Cataglyphis laylae Cedric A. Collingwood & Donat Agosti & Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten 2011, nov. spec.
No full textCataglyphis laylae Collingwood nov. spec. Plates 96–103 Cataglyphis desertorum Forel, 1894, teste Collingwood, 1985; unavailable name according to Agosti (1990). Specimens examined: Holotype: 1 ☿, United Arab Emirates, al-Ain [24°13'N 55°46'E], iii.1995, leg. C.A. Collingwood (MHNG). Paratypes: 3 ☿, al-Ain zoo, 13.iii.2005, CAC. 1 ☿, Remah, 9.iii.1995, CCA. 3 ☿, Remah, resthouse, 250 m, irrigated sand dune [24°10'37"N 55°18'6"E], 18.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. 6 ☿, Remah, resthouse, 250 m, irrigated sand dune, nest with one entrance, [24°10'37"N, 55°18'6"E], 18.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. 1 ☿, Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH; 1 ☿, 3.iii.2005, CAC. 1 ☿, al- Za'aba, 100 m, sandy soil with Rhaisa stricta [23°43'20"N, 55°33'49"E], 22.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. Description: A large worker from al-Ain was selected as holotype. The measurements are as follows: total length 8.40; head width 3.60; head length 4.20; scape length 3.84; funicular segment I 0.40; funicular segment II 0.23; petiole length 1.10; petiole width 0.72. Colour dark reddish brown. There are no exterior hairs on the scapes or hind tibia. The gaster, petiole and propodeum have dorsal hairs. Remarks: This species thought to correspond with C. desertorum has to be described as a new species. In fact it is one of the commonest Cataglyphis in southern Arabia. The main distinguishing feature compared with other dark Cataglyphis is the slender petiole, which has the anterior face more sloped than in other similar species such as C. niger (André, 1882) and C. savignyi (Dufour, 1862). Biology: Cataglyphus laylae nov. spec. does not appear to occur in open sandy desert and is most abundant in disturbed habitats such as man-developed plantations and open cultivated fields. Distribution: This species was recorded by Collingwood (1985) as C. desertorum from Saudi Arabia and Oman and as Cataglyphis spec. by Collingwood & Agosti (1996). Etymology: The new species is named after a village settlement called “Layla”, just north of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in the area where the author (CAC) first encountered it in numbers in an Acacia plantation.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae
No full textCedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf, Antonius van Harten (2011): Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 1-70, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Plates 98–100. Cataglyphis laylae Collingwood nov. spec., holotype. 98 in Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae
No full textPlates 98–100. Cataglyphis laylae Collingwood nov. spec., holotype. 98: Head, dorsally; 99: Head, laterally; 100: Mid-body. (Photographs by P.J. Attawell)Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Hypoponera Santschi 1938
No full textHypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) Specimens examined: Sharjah Desert Park, 29.iii–6.iv.2005, LT, AvH. Distribution: Cosmopolitan species. Recorded from Yemen and Oman. New to the UAE.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Plate 107 in Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae
No full textPlate 107. Cataglyphis viaticoides (André) from S of Abu Dhabi (Photograph by D. Agosti)Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Monomorium barbatulum Mayr 1877
No full textMonomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877 Specimens examined: Abu Dhabi, public hunting triangle, iii.1995, CAC. Distribution: Described from Kazakhstan. New to the UAE.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Plates 90–91 in Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae
No full textPlates 90–91. Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel) from Ruwais. (Photographs by D. Agosti)Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti 1996
No full textMonomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 Species described from Saudi Arabia and Oman; recorded from Abu Dhabi by Tigar & Osborne (1999). No recent specimens have been collected.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Camponotus alii Forel 1890
No full textCamponotus alii Forel, 1890 Specimens examined: Wadi Wurayah, 10.iii.2005, CAC. Distribution: New to the UAE.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
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