Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884
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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.7094521 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1461EC42-FFC3-FFEB-FDC8-004E13F7F837 |
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Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884 |
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Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884 View in CoL
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Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884: 377 View in CoL View Cited Treatment (w) Tunisia. Palearctic.
Diagnosis
Head, mandibles, antennae, and legs orange, mesosoma and petiole red, gaster dark brown; mandibles long and straight, inserted in middle of front margin of head; posterior margin of head deeply emarginate; eyes rounded, relatively large with about 25 ommatidia in longest row; scapes when laid back from their insertions reach median part of posterior margin of head; metanotal groove feeble; propodeal dorsum about 1.53 of declivity length, both making an obtuse angle in profile.
Material examined
OMAN – Dhofar • 2 w; Ayn Ashat ; 16.998° N, 53.820° E; alt. 202 m; 21 Nov. 2017; HP; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps .
Ecological and biological notes
Two workers were collected foraging on the ground immediately after sunset. In the Asir Mountains, a single worker was observed by Collingwood (1985) foraging on ground in the early morning. Nothing is specifically known regarding the ecology of this species
Geographic range
Anochetus sedilloti was originally described from Tunisia and has been recorded from KSA, India, and North Africa ( Collingwood 1985). It is widespread in the Sahel area of Africa ( Taylor et al. 2016; Diame et al. 2017). The genus is first recorded from Oman by the new species Anochetus annetteae Sharaf, 2017 . Our collections represent a new species record for Oman.
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Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2022 |