Global Ant Project -- World Ant Taxonomists

Samy Zalat

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Samy Zalat, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

ANT TAXONOMY

The study included the identification and taxonomic status of Egyptian formicid ants. The species were collected from South Sinai and the Delta using pitfall traps. Illustrated keys to the subfamilies, genera, and species were created, and the geographical distributions and synonyms are provided for all genera and species. Tetramorium salwae n. sp. was described from Sahab (southern Sinai). Seven species were new records to the Egyptian fauna: Cataglyphis minimus Collingwood, Monomorium carbonarium (Smith), Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler, Aphaenogaster syriacum Emery, Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit and Tetramorium depressiceps Monozzi.

PUBLICATIONS

Mohamed, S., Zalat, S., Fadl, H., Gadalla, S. & Sharaf, M. 2001. Taxonomy of ant species collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta regions, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3: 40-61.

REFERENCE

Bolton B, Alpert G, Ward PS, Naskrecki P. 2007. [CD-ROM] Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press.

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