Review of the Arabian Rare Ant Genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Description of a New Species from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia

M.R. Sharaf; S.A. Akbar; A.S. Aldawood

doi:10.4001/003.026.0215

We can help you reset your password using the email address linked to your BioOne Complete account.

Registered users receive a variety of benefits including the ability to customize email alerts, create favorite journals list, and save searches. Please note that a BioOne web account does not automatically grant access to full-text content. An institutional or society member subscription is required to view non-Open Access content. Contact helpdesk@bioone.org with any questions.

All Fields are Required

First Name

Last/Family Name

Password

Password Requirements: Minimum 8 characters, must include as least one uppercase, one lowercase letter, and one number or permitted symbol Valid Symbols for password:
~ Tilde
! Exclamation Mark
@ At sign
$ Dollar sign
^ Caret
( Opening Parenthesis
) Closing Parenthesis
_ Underscore
. Period

Confirm Password

Web Account created successfully

M.R. Sharafhttps://orcid.org//,^1,* S.A. Akbar,² A.S. Aldawood¹

¹1Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh
²2Department of Entomology, Division of Plant Protection, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: antsharaf@gmail.com / mosharaf@ksu.edu.sa

Abstract

The Arabian species of the rare ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 are reviewed. Two species are treated, P. rifati sp. n. and P. wittmeri (Collingwood, 1985). Parasyscia rifati sp. n. is described from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia based on the worker and ergatoid gyne castes. A key to both species is presented. New locality records with a distribution map and biological notes are presented.

©Entomological Society of Southern Africa

Citation Download Citation

M.R. Sharaf, S.A. Akbar, and A.S. Aldawood "Review of the Arabian Rare Ant Genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Description of a New Species from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia," African Entomology 26(1), 215-223, (1 April 2018). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.026.0215

Received: 19 November 2017; Accepted: 1 December 2017; Published: 1 April 2018