Temnothorax, Mayr, 1861

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid A., Al Dhafer, Hathal M., El-Gharbawy, Ali & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2017, Taxonomy of the Myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula, European Journal of Taxonomy 280 (280), pp. 1-17 : 10

Key to species of Temnothorax of the Arabian Peninsula

1 Uniformly yellow; HW<0.55; PI<40; IOD<0.45 ..............................................................................2

– Uniformly brown or blackish brown species; HW>0.60; PI>45; IOD>0.55 ( United Arab Emirates) .............................................................................. T. liviae (Agosti & Collingwood, 2011) comb. nov.

2 Cephalic dorsum nearly smooth and shiny with feeble longitudinal striae in full-face view; frontal carinae feeble, running back to anterior level of eyes; propodeal spines short and blunt; petiole with a single pair of distinctly erect hairs; mesosomal dorsum feebly, longitudinally, rugose on pronotum and mesonotum, reticulate on propodeum. ( Sudan and United Arab Emirates) .............. ............................................................................................ T. megalops ( Hamann & Klemm, 1967)

Cephalic dorsum strongly, longitudinally, irregularly striate in full-face view; frontal carinae more developed, running back to midlevel of eyes; propodeal spines long and sharp; petiole with two pairs of normal hairs; mesosoma weakly reticulate-rugose. ( KSA) ............................ ............................................................................................ T. arabicus Sharaf & Akbar sp. nov.