Key to Temnothorax of the Arabian Peninsula

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A. et al. 2017. Taxonomy of the myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax in the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A., Al Dhafer, H.M., El-Gharbawy, A., Aldawood, A.S. 2017. Taxonomy of the Myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 280: 1–17 (DOI 10.5852/ejt.2017.280).]]

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Temnothorax

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 * Uniformly yellow; HW<0.55; PI<40; IOD<0.45 . . . . . 2


 * Uniformly brown or blackish brown species; HW>0.60; PI>45; IOD>0.55 (United Arab Emirates) . . . . . Temnothorax liviae

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 * Cephalic dorsum nearly smooth and shiny with feeble longitudinal striae in full-face view; frontal carinae feeble, running back to anterior level of eyes; propodeal spines short and blunt; petiole with a single pair of distinctly erect hairs; mesosomal dorsum feebly, longitudinally, rugose on pronotum and mesonotum, reticulate on propodeum. (Sudan and United Arab Emirates) . . . . . Temnothorax megalops


 * Cephalic dorsum strongly, longitudinally, irregularly striate in full-face view; frontal carinae more developed, running back to midlevel of eyes; propodeal spines long and sharp; petiole with two pairs of normal hairs; mesosoma weakly reticulate-rugose. (KSA) . . . . . Temnothorax arabicus