Cerapachys longitarsus ( Mayr, 1879 )

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 570

Cerapachys longitarsus ( Mayr, 1879)

( Fig. 4 a, b )

Lioponera longitarsus Mayr, 1879: 667 . Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 237 .

This is the second record of this species from Saudi Arabia and for the Arabian Peninsula. The first record of this species was from Abu Arish (southwestern Saudi Arabia) by Collingwood (1985). Cerapachys longitarsus was originally described from India and subsequently recorded from UAE ( Collingwood et al., 2011); Egypt ( Sharaf, 2006); Philippines, North Australia, and Taiwan ( Terayama et al., 1988). At Rawdhat Khorim this species is considered rare, with only four specimens. All are alate males, three attracted to a light trap and one collected by a pitfall trap. They were collected in April, October and November.

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FIGURE 4. a, b Cerapachys longitarsus (alate male, type) (CASENT0902740, India); c, d, Camponotus sericeus (CASENT0104896, Guinea); e, f, Camponotus xerxes (after Collingwood et al. 2011, UAE).