Crematogaster jacindae Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2019

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 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D495BCAE-9E03-4424-A01B-87F1CEB16B9C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094479
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1461EC42-FFA3-FF8B-FE75-051811BAFA8B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Crematogaster jacindae Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2019
status

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Crematogaster jacindae Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2019 in Sharaf et al. 2019: 58 (w) Oman. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Bicolored species, head black-brown to black, mesosoma, petiole, and postpetiole dark brown, gaster golden yellow; area in front of eyes finely longitudinally striated; cephalic surface feebly imbricate; eyes with about 11 ommatidia in longest row; mesonotum without tubercle; mesopleura and metapleura clearly imbricate; mesonotum with a single pair of setae; propodeal spiracles slit-shaped.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • w, holotype; Ayn Sahlanot ; 17.148° N, 54.179° E; alt. 151 m; 16 Nov. 2017; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • w, paratype; Ayn Hamran ; 17.086° N, 54.280° E; alt. 56 m; 22 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 11 w; same collection data as for paratype; KSMA GoogleMaps • 1 w, paratype; same collection data as for paratype; CASENT0922856; CASC GoogleMaps • 1 w; same collection data as for paratype; WMLC GoogleMaps • 8 w; Ayn Razat ; 17.124° N, 54.238° E; alt. 98 m; 20 Nov. 2017; ML; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 16 w; Dhalkout ; 16.727° N, 53.249° E; alt. 623 m; 18 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 7 w; Dhalkout ; 16.707° N, 53.251° E; alt. 34 m; 19 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 17 w; Dhalkout ; 16.693° N, 53.156° E; alt. 628 m; 18 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 4 w; Ayn Sahlanot ; 17.148° N, 54.179° E; alt. 151 m; 16 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 20 w; Ayn Ashat ; 16.998° N, 53.820° E; alt. 202 m; 21 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps • 1 w; Dhalkout Road, Aghbaroot Village ; 16.798° N, 53.554° E; alt. 1034 m; 18 Nov. 2017; BS; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps .

Ecological and biological notes

The microhabitats of C. jacindae included leaf litter, soil, under stones, or on native vegetation, especially Vachellia . The majority of specimens were collected foraging on plants using a beating sheet. Workers were observed foraging on ground and wild shrubs (Sharaf et al. 2019).

Geographic range

Only known from Oman.