Discovery of the Queen Caste of the Myrmicine Ant Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

M.R. Sharaf; A.S. Aldawood

doi:10.4001/003.025.0502

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M.R. Sharafhttps://orcid.org//,^1,* A.S. Aldawood¹

¹Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: mosharaf@ksu.edu.sa

Abstract

The queen caste of the Arabian species Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 is described and illustrated for the first time. The queen caste of the species is apparently rare with only a single specimen collected over a two-year period of intensive field work in southwestern Asir Mountains of Saudi Arabia. A distribution map of the species is presented.

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M.R. Sharaf and A.S. Aldawood "Discovery of the Queen Caste of the Myrmicine Ant Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)," African Entomology 25(2), 502-505, (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.025.0502

Accepted: 1 March 2017; Published: 1 September 2017