Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, 2020

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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.