Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography Author Sharaf, Mostafa R. E2A42091-0680-4A5F-A28A-2AA4D2111BF3 Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. antsharaf@gmail.com & mosharaf@ksu.edu.sa Author Wetterer, James K. CAECB042-24B6-4986-9471-BCAAB8E09D8D Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, USA. wetterer@fau.edu Author Mohamed, Amr A. 2146249B-5D01-484A-9270-A32B4CCDAF26 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, PO Box 12613, Giza, Egypt. mamr@sci.cu.edu.eg Author Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 477070A0-365F-4374-A48D-1C62F6BC15D1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. aldawood@ksu.edu.sa text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-09-16 838 1 1 106 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925 0ac30706-22c5-4e3f-abbe-5127d5efb678 2118-9773 7094306 D495BCAE-9E03-4424-A01B-87F1CEB16B9C Crematogaster jacindae Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2019 Fig. 32 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 • w, paratype ; Ayn Hamran ; 17.086° N , 54.280° E ; alt. 56 m ; 22 Nov. 2017 ; BS ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 11 w; same collection data as for paratype; KSMA • 1 w, paratype ; same collection data as for paratype; CASENT0922856; CASC • 1 w; same collection data as for paratype; WMLC • 8 w; Ayn Razat ; 17.124° N , 54.238° E ; alt. 98 m ; 20 Nov. 2017 ; ML ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 16 w; Dhalkout ; 16.727° N , 53.249° E ; alt. 623 m ; 18 Nov. 2017 ; SF ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 7 w; Dhalkout ; 16.707° N , 53.251° E ; alt. 34 m ; 19 Nov. 2017 ; BS ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 17 w; Dhalkout ; 16.693° N , 53.156° E ; alt. 628 m ; 18 Nov. 2017 ; BS ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 4 w; Ayn Sahlanot ; 17.148° N , 54.179° E ; alt. 151 m ; 16 Nov. 2017 ; BS ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 20 w; Ayn Ashat ; 16.998° N , 53.820° E ; alt. 202 m ; 21 Nov. 2017 ; SF ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 1 w; Dhalkout Road , Aghbaroot Village ; 16.798° N , 53.554° E ; alt. 1034 m ; 18 Nov. 2017 ; BS ; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA . 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 .