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Discovery of the queen caste of the myrmicine ant Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Discovery of the queen caste of the myrmicine ant Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

M. R. Sharaf and A. S. Aldawood
AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY, Vol.25(2), pp.502-505
01/09/2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4001/003.025.0502

Abstract

Entomology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
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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