Lepisiota elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020
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https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D495BCAE-9E03-4424-A01B-87F1CEB16B9C |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094397 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1461EC42-FF8E-FFA6-FD86-05181150FB8A |
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Felipe (2022-09-19 21:00:32, last updated 2024-11-26 01:20:37) |
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Lepisiota elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020 |
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Lepisiota elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020 View in CoL
Fig. 18 View Fig
Lepisiota elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020 View in CoL in Sharaf et al. 2020: 134 View Cited Treatment (w) Afrotropic.
Diagnosis
Bicolored species, head, mesosoma, petiole yellow or red-yellow, distal end of scapes, first funicular segment, and mandibular teeth darker; gaster dark brown to black with first tergite of lighter brown. In profile, posterior margin of head anteroposteriorly compressed; limited number of hair pairs on body: two pairs on posterior margin of head, two to three pairs on promesonotum, and one to two pairs on first gastral tergite.
Material examined
OMAN – Dhofar • w, holotype; Ayn Razat ; 17.124° N, 54.238° E; alt. 98 m; 20 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 1 w, paratype; same collection data as for holotype; CASENT0922860; KSMA GoogleMaps .
Ecological and biological notes
The two workers of the species were collected at Ayn Razat ( Fig. 18 View Fig ) and were collected foraging in leaf litter under a tree of Vachellia where the soil was dry ( Sharaf et al. 2020a).
Geographic range
Oman.
Sharaf M. R., Aldawood A. S., Mohamed A. A. & Hita Garcia F. 2020 a. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identificartion key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 76: 127 - 152. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 76.50193
Sharaf M. R., Mohamed A. A., Al Dhafer H. M. & Aldawood A. S. 2020 b. Nesomyrmex micheleae, a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dhofar, Oman, with a synoptic list, distribution map and key to the Arabian Nesomyrmex. Journal of Natural History 54: 351 - 365. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2020.1762013
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Lepisiota elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2022 |
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