Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt.
Author
Mohamed, S.
Author
Zalat, S.
Author
Fadl, H.
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Egyptian Journal of Natural History
2001
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21622
10.4314/ejnh.v3i1.30001
Messor rufotestaceous
(Foerster, 1850)
Myrmica rufotestacea Foerster
, 1850: Verh. Naturh.Veri. Preuss. Rheinl, 74: 89.
Aphaenogaster rufotestacea Roger
, 1863: Verz. Formicid.:30.
Aphaenogaster gracilinodis Emery
, 1878: Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova. 12:55.
Messor rufotestaceous Foerster
: Emery, 1908, D. Ent. Z.: 437.
World distribution: Algeria & Egypt.
Distribution in Egypt: Eastern desert, Lower Nile and Sinai.
Material examined: W.El-Arbaein: 19.11.1999 (1). El-Kosayima (N.Sinai): 14.III.I997 (9) (Ain Coll.).