Meranoplus mosalahi Sharaf, 2019
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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.7102236 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1461EC42-FFA3-FF8E-FDD7-01AE12E4FD5F |
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Felipe |
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Meranoplus mosalahi Sharaf, 2019 |
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Meranoplus mosalahi Sharaf, 2019
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Meranoplus mosalahi Sharaf, 2019 in Sharaf & Aldawood 2019: 6 (w) Oman. Afrotropic.
Diagnosis
Head, and gaster brown, antennae, mesosoma, petiole, and postpetiole pale brown, legs yellow; anterior clypeal margin feebly concave or straight with one pair of reduced teeth; scrobe narrowly visible in full-face view; cephalic surface to posterior level of eyes with irregular interrupted longitudinal rugae; cephalic surface with distinct fine ground sculpture between rugae; anterior face of petiolar node smooth; posterior face feebly sculptured with about five longitudinal rugae.
Material examined
OMAN – Dhofar • w, holotype; Dhalkout ; 16.707° N, 53.251° E; alt. 34 m; 19 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; CASENT0845901; KSMA GoogleMaps • 12 w, paratypes; same collection data as for holotype; KSMA GoogleMaps •
1 aberrant worker with reduced postpetiole; same collection data as for holotype; KSMA GoogleMaps • 1 w; same collection data as for holotype; WMLC GoogleMaps • 1 w; same collection data as for holotype; CASENT0922861; CASC GoogleMaps • 3 w; Agdaroot ; 17.089° N, 54.442° E; 18 Nov. 2017; SW; A. Mostafa leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps .
Ecological and biological notes
Meranoplus mosalahi inhabits shaded areas in Dhalkoout forests with ample small shrubs and grasses. Workers of this species are slow moving and forage on the ground where the soil is moderately moist (Sharaf & Aldawood 2019).
Geographic range
Meranoplus mosalahi is endemic to Oman.
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Meranoplus mosalahi Sharaf, 2019
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2022 |
Meranoplus mosalahi
Sharaf 2019 |