Temnothorax megalops ( Hamann & Klemm, 1967 )

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

Temnothorax megalops ( Hamann & Klemm, 1967)

Figs 10–15

Leptothorax (Icothorax) megalops Hamann & Klemm 1967: 417 , fig. 1 (w.q.).

Temnothorax megalops – Bolton 2003: 271; 1982: 331.

Material examined

Holotype

SUDAN: Wadi Halfa, wet ditch, 28 Jan. 1962, H. Hamann & W. Klemm leg. ( CASENT0712601 ).

Paratype

SUDAN: 1 dealate q, same data as holotype ( CASENT0712600 ) ( NHMW).

Other material examined

YEMEN: 1 q, Al Kawd, 13.08861° N, 45.36472° E, 7 Sep. 2001, Van Harten leg., code 6770 ( CASENT0906380 ) ( WMLC); 1 q, Jun. 1999, Van Harten leg., code 8877 ( CASENT0922183 ) ( WMLC); 1 q, Al Kawd, 13.08861° N, 45.36472° E, Sep. 1999, Van Harten leg., 4170 ( CASENT0922180 ) ( WMLC).

Remarks

The species was recently treated by Prebus (2015), who provided a complete diagnosis.

Ecology

This species was described from Sudan and was recently recorded from the UAE (Sharjah Desert Park, 25°22.021 N, 055°40.264 E, Wadi Wurayah, 25°24' N, 56°15' E) ( Collingwood et al. 2011).

Note

The specimen with code CASENT0906379 labelled on AntWeb as a worker specimen of T. megalops (collected from Yemen, Abyan, Al Kawd, 7 Sep. 2001, 13.08861° N, 45.36472° E, Van Harten leg., WMLC), actually represents a species of Nesomyrmex that has been misidentified and placed in Temnothorax .

Figures

Figs 10–12. Temnothorax megalops (Hamann & Klemm, 1967), holotype, worker (CASENT0712601). 10. Body in profile.11. Body in dorsal view. 12. Head in frontal view.

Figs 13–15. Temnothorax megalops (Hamann & Klemm, 1967), queen (CASENT0712600). 13. Body in profile. 14. Body in dorsal view. 15. Head in frontal view.