Crematogaster inermis Mayr

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Garcia, Francisco Hita, 2019, Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 898, pp. 27-81 : 27

Crematogaster inermis Mayr Figure 20 A–C

Taxonomic history.

Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862: 766 (w.) Egypt. André 1883: 395 (q.); Santschi 1937: 296 (q.); Santschi 1938: 38 (m.).

Combination in Crematogaster ( Crematogaster) : Wheeler 1922: 840; in Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) : Emery 1922: 143; in Crematogaster ( Crematogaster) : Bolton 1995: 166.

Current subspecies: C. inermis aphrodite Santschi, C. inermis armatula Emery, C. inermis lucida Forel.

Material examined.

Egypt: Elmenia, Abu Swelam, 30.75N, 28.1E, 29.vi.2003 (Sharaf MR) (1 w, OUMC).

Geographic range.

Crematogaster inermis was originally described from Egypt and is widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula through North Africa to the Middle East ( Borowiec 2014; Guénard et al. 2017; Janicki et al. 2017). For the Arabian Peninsula, this species was only recorded from Yemen ( Collingwood and van Harten 2001; Borowiec 20114).

Remarks.

Knowing that the species is widespread in the Mediterranean and Middle East and the only record for the Arabian Peninsula is from Yemen, we think that it is likely that it is also present in the KSA. Futher sampling is necessary to verify this.

Figures

Figure 20. C. inermis A body in profile B body in dorsal view C head in full-face view, CASENT 0922679 (Wade Lee), www. AntWeb. org.