Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, 2020

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 69-72

Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, 2020

Fig. 44

Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, 2020 in Sharaf et al. 2020b: 335 (w) Oman. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Bicolored species with head black-brown, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole, and appendages brown, gaster golden yellow; median clypeal carina distinct; petiolar node nearly hexagonal from above; area in front of eyes and median cephalic surface irregularly, longitudinally rugulose; body covered with erect, blunt, stout, and moderately short setae.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • w, holotype; Ayn Sahlanot ; 17.148° N, 54.179° E; alt. 151 m; 16 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 2 w, paratypes; same collection data as for holotype; CASENT0922872; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

The three workers of N. micheleae were foraging on a large tree in Ayn Sahlanot of the Dhofar and collected using a beating sheet. Additional collecting in a broad range of habitats in Dhofar were not successful in finding additional material ( Sharaf et al. 2020b).

Geographic range

Known only from Oman.

Figures

Fig. 44. Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, 2020, paratype, worker (CASENT0922872, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito)) A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.