Sharaf, Mostafa Rezek

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
CURRENT POSITION: Professor, College of Food Sciences and Agriculture, King Saud University,Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2454, Riyadh.

E-MAIL ADRESS: antsharaf@gmail.com

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aA1mkMMAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=21934806700 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/ants/ants_of_egypt_2007/cover.htm https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mostafa_Sharaf3

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Large-scale discovery of new taxa and the analysis of diversity and distribution patterns of ants in poorly known areas of Arabian Peninsula.

Species-level taxonomic revisions.

PUBLICATIONS

 * Aldawood, A.S. and M. R. Sharaf. 2009. Two ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as new records to fauna of Saudi Arabia. Bulletin of Entomological Society of Egypt, 86: 143–147.
 * [[Media:Aldawood & Sharaf 2011.pdf|Aldawood, A. S. and M. R. Sharaf. 2011. Monomorium dryhimi sp. n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the M. monomorium group from Saudi Arabia, with a key to the Arabian Monomorium monomorium-group. ZooKeys 106: 47-54. [2011-06-15]]] doi:10.3897/zookeys.106.1390
 * [[Media:Aldawood Sharaf Collingwood 2010.pdf|Aldawood, A. S., Sharaf, M. R. and C. A. Collingwood. 2010. Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group. Egyptian Academic Journal Biological Sciences. 3(2):37-42.]] doi:10.21608/eajbsa.2010.15187
 * [[Media:Aldawood, Sharaf & Taylor 2011.pdf|Aldawood, A. S., Sharaf, M. R. and B. Taylor. 2011. First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 from Saudi Arabia with a description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. ZooKeys 92: 61-69.]] doi:10.3897/zookeys.92.770
 * Assing, V., Schülke, M., Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2013. On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera). Linzer Biologische Beitraege, 45(1):141–154.
 * Bakr, R. F. A., Fadl, H. H., Badawy, R. M. and M. R. Sharaf. 2006. Four new records of ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from Egypt. Egyptian Academic Society of Environmental Development. 7(2): 29–39.
 * [[Media:Bakr et al 2006.pdf|Bakr, R. F. A., Fadl, H. H., Badawy, R. M. and M. R. Sharaf. 2007. Myrmecophile insects associated with some ant species (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology, Entomological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt. 8-11 December 2007. (1):207-233.]]
 * Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Ziane, S., Zedam, A., Doumandji, A., Sharaf M. R. and X. Espadaler. 2016. A first checklist and diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the saline dry lake Chott El Hodna in Algeria, a Ramsar Conservation Wetland. African Entomology. 24(1):143–152.
 * Seifert, B., A. Buschinger, A. Aldawood, V. Antonova, H. Bharti, L. Borowiec, W. Dekoninck, D. Dubovikoff, X. Espadaler, J. Flegr, C. Georgiadis, J. Heinze, R. Neumeyer, F. Ødegaard, J. Oettler, A. Radchenko, R. Schultz, M. Sharaf, J. Trager, A. Vesnić, M. Wiezik and H. Zettel. 2016. Banning paraphylies and executing Linnaean taxonomy is discordant and reduces the evolutionary and semantic information content of biological nomenclature. Insectes Sociaux. 63:237–242.
 * [[Media:Collingwood, Agosti, Sharaf, vanHarten2011.pdf|Collingwood, C. A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M. R. and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE. 4: 405-474]]
 * [[Media:El Hawagry.pdf|El-Hawagry, M. S., Khalil, M. W., Sharaf, M. R., Hassan, H. F. and A. S. Aldawood. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys. 274, 1–88.]]
 * El-Hawagry, M. S., Sharaf, M. R., Al Dhafer, H. M., Fadl, H. H. and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. Addenda to the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History, 50 (19-20):1209–1236.
 * Fadl, H. H., Bakr, R. F. A., Badawy, R. M. and M. R. Sharaf. 2006. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Egypt. Egyptian Academic Society of Environmental Development, 7(2): 99–108.
 * [[Media:Fadl et al 2007.pdf|Fadl H. H., Bakr,R. F. A., Badawy R. M. and M. R. Sharaf. 2007. Six new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae ) from Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology (Entomological Society of Egypt), Cairo, Egypt. 8-11 December .(1): 235-249.]]
 * Ghahari, H., Sharaf, M. R., Collingwood, C. A., and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 62 (2):341–359.
 * Hlaváč, P., Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2013. New species and record of of Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa. 3666(3):331–336.
 * Joseph M., Ross S., Geiser, M., De Prins, J., Sharaf, M.R., Wyatt, N., Al Rijeibi, S. and A. Polaszek. 2019. A preliminary survey of the insect fauna of the Hajar Mountain Range, Oman. Journal of Natural History. 53:15–16, 939-963. doi:10.1080/00222933.2019.1611969
 * Mahnert, V., Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2014. Further records of Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpions) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa. 3764(3):387–393.
 * Mashaly, A., Sharaf, M. R., Al-Subeai, M., Al-Mekhlafi, F., Aldawood, A. S. and G. Anderson. 2018. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) attracted to Rabbit Carcasses in three different habitats. Sociobiology. 65(3): 433–440.
 * [[Media:Zalat et al 2001.pdf|Mohamed, S., Zalat, S., Fadl, H., Gadalla, S. and M. R. Sharaf. 2001. Taxonomy of ant species collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta regions, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3:40-61.]]
 * Mossadegh M. S., Stary, P., Sharaf, M. R., Mohammadi, S., Aldawood, A. S., Tamoli Torfi, E., Abolfarsi, R., Bahrami, R., Mohseni, l., Shahini, A., Seifollahi, F., Soheilyfar, P., Ravan, B. and A. Alaghemand. 2016. Aphid-ant-parasitoid and host plant associations in drylands of Khuzestan, Iran (Hemiptera: Aphidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae). Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine. 52:289–294.
 * [[Media:Ants of Egypt.pdf|Orabi, G. M., Semida, F. M., Abdel-Dayem, M. S., Sharaf, M. R. and S. M. Zalat. 2011. Diversity patterns of ants along an elevation gradient at St. Catherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoology in the Middle East. 54:101-112.]] doi:10.1080/09397140.2011.10648882
 * Schawaller W., Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2011. The tribe Cossyphodini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on biology and ecology. Annales Zoologici. 61 (3):439–444. doi:10.3161/000345411X603300
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R. et al. 2013. Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Abdel-Dayem, M. S., Al Dhafer, H. M. and A. S. Aldawood. 2013. The ants (Hymenoptera:formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr. Zootaxa 3709:565-580.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A., Aldawood, A.S. 2018. Review of the Arabian rare ant genus Parasyscia with description of a new species.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Akbar, S. A and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Review of the Arabian rare ant genus Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with description of a new species from the Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia. African Entomology. 26(1): 215–223.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A. et al. 2017. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex from the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Akbar, S. A., Aldawood, A. S. and F. Hita Garcia. 2017. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates. 58:21–37.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A. et al. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group from Saudi Arabia.pdf| Sharaf, M. R., Akbar, S. A., Al Dhafer, H. M. and A. S. Aldawood. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East. 63(1) :68–75.]]
 * [[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. and A. S. Aldawood. 2017. Taxonomy of the Myrmicine ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in the Arabian Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy. 280:1–17.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf - aldawood 2011.pdf|Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2011. First occurrence of Solenopsis Westwood 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species S. saudiensis n. sp. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.). 47: 474-479.]] doi:10.1080/00379271.2011.10697738
 * Sharaf, M. R. and and A. S. Aldawood. 2012. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood 1840 in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species, Solenopsis elhawagryi. PloS ONE 7 (11): 21 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049485
 * Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2013a. First occurrence of the Monomorium hildebrandti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species M. kondratieffi n. sp. The proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 115(1):75–84.
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R. & Aldawood, S.A. 2013. The ant genus Carebara Westwood in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).pdf|Sharaf, M. R. and Aldawood, S.A. 2013. The ant genus Carebara Westwood in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys. 357:67-83.]]
 * Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2017. Discovery of the queen caste of the Myrmicine ant Meranoplus pulcher Sharaf, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). African Entomology. 25(2):502–505.
 * Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2019a. Review of the ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species M. mosalahi sp. n. from Oman. PeerJ 7:e6287. doi:10.7717/peerj.6287
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, S. A. 2019. Temnothorax almeqeri, a new ant species from the Asir Mountains.pdf|Sharaf, M. R. and A. S. Aldawood. 2019b. Temnothorax almeqeri, a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Asir Mountains, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a key to the Arabian Temnothorax. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw). 69: 603-608.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S. et al. 2019. Taxonomy of Arabian Temnothorax.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, S. A., Economo, E. P., Wachkoo, A. A. and F. Hita Garcia, F. 2019. Taxonomy of Arabian Temnothorax Mayr (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with description of a new species enhanced by x-ray microtomography. Scientific Reports. 9:11009.]] doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47260-y
 * [[Media:Sharaf, Aldawood & ElHawagry 2012.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, S. A. and M. S. El-Hawagry. 2012a. A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species. ZooKeys. 212:35-43.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf et al 2012.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, A. S. and M. S. El-Hawagry. 2012b. First record of the ant subfamily Aenictinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys. 228: 39–49.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S. et al. 2019. Review of the Arabian Crematogaster (10.3897@zookeys.898.37531).pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, A. S and F. Hita Garcia. 2019. Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys. 898:27–81.]].
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S. et al. 2020. The genus Lepisiota of the Arabian Peninsula (10.3897@jhr.76.50193).pdf|Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S., Mohamed, A.A., Hita Garcia, F. 2020. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 76: 127–152]].
 * [[Media:Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor 2011.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, S. A. and B. Taylor. 2011. The formicine ant genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of two new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 137:203-215.]] doi:10.3157/061.137.0113
 * [[Media:Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor 2012.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, A. S. and B. Taylor. 2012. A new ant species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 from Saudi Arabia, with a revised key to the Arabian species. PloS ONE. 7(2): e30811. 1-9.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. (2014) First record of the myrmicine ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 from the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Al Dhafer, H. M. and A. S. Aldawood. (2014) First record of the myrmicine ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and notes on the zoogeography of southwestern Kingdom Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE. 9(11):e111298.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, S.A. 2015. The Tetramorium squaminode species group in the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Al Dhafer, H. M. and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. The Tetramorium squaminode species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a new record from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and keys to Arabian species. ZooKeys. 502: 99–115.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Al Dhafer, H.M. et al. 2018. Review of the ant genus Technomyrmex in the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Al Dhafer, H. M. and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Review of the ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 780: 35–59.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M., Al Dhafer, H.M. et al. 2018. Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group in the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. and F. Hita Garcia. 2018. Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia. PeerJ. 6:e4277 1-31.]]
 * Sharaf, M. R., Al-Hajiri, S. H. and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. First record of the ant genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Qatar by the invasive species S. membranifera Emery, 1869. Zoology in the Middle East. 61(4):362–367.
 * [[Media:AntsofFarasan.pdf|Sharaf, M. R. and K. Al-Zailaie. 2006. Ant fauna (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Farasan islands protectorate (Saudi Arabia). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt 83: 61-68]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf Collingwood & Aldawood 2011.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Collingwood, C. A. and A. S. Aldawood. 2011. Technomyrmex montaseri sp. n., a new ant species of the T. gibbosus-group from Oman (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a key to the Technomyrmex species of the Arabian Peninsula. ZooKeys 108: 11-19.]] doi:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.108.930
 * Sharaf, M. R., Collingwood, C. A. and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group. ZooKeys. 545:101-117.
 * Sharaf, M. R., Collingwood, C. A., Aldhafer, H. M., Al mutairi, M. S. and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zookeys, 505:51–58.
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Fisher, B.L., Aldawood, S.A. 2014. Notes on ants of the genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 in the Arabian Peninsula.pdf|Sharaf M. R., Fisher B. L. and A. S. Aldawood. 2014. Notes on ants of the genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a key to species. Sociobiology. 61(3):293-299.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Fisher, B.L. et al. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna of Oman.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Fisher, B. L., Al Dhafer, H. M., Polaszek, A. and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology. 10:e010004. 1-38]].
 * Sharaf, M. R., Fisher, B. L., Collingwood, C. A. and A. S. Aldawood. 2017. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History. 51(5–6):317–378.
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Monks, J. et al. 2017. Anochetus in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species from Oman.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Monks, J., Aldawood, A. S. and A. Polaszek. 2017. Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species from Oman. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119:78–89.]]
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Monks, J. et al. 2016. A remarkable new species of the genus Lepisiota.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Monks, J., Polaszek, A. and A.S. Aldawood. 2016. A remarkable new species of the genus Lepisiota Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species. Journal of Natural History. 50(29-30):1875-1887.]] doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1180722.
 * Sharaf, M. R., Salman, S. and A. S. Aldawood. 2015. First description of the queen of the ant Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East. 61(1):50–54.
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Salman, S. et al. 2016. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species.pdf|Sharaf, M. R., Salman, S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Akbar, S. A., Abdel-Dayem, M. S. and A. S. Aldawood. 2016. Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 246:1-36.]]
 * Sharaf, M. R., Salman, S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Yousef, A. F. A. and A. S. Aldawood. 2016. First occurrence of the ant genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sociobiology. 63(2): 800–803.
 * [[Media:Sharaf & Taylor 2009.pdf|Sharaf, M. R. and B Taylor. 2009. The queen of Monomorium dentatum Sharaf, 2007 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 45:95-96.]]
 * [[Media:Klingenberg et al 2009.pdf|Sharaf, M.R., Taylor, B. and C. Klingenberg. 2009. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Egypt with a description of the worker castes of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947. Zootaxa 2004: 49-58.]] doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2004.1.4
 * [[Media:Wachkoo, A.A., Maqbool, A. et al. 2018. A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys from India.pdf| Wachkoo, A. A., Maqbool, A., Akbar, S. A. and Sharaf, M. R. 2018. A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biodiversity Data Journal. 6:e25016.]]
 * Wetterer, J. K. and M. R. Sharaf. 2017. Worldwide distribution of Syllophopsis sechellensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist. 100(2):281–285.
 * Sharaf, M.R., Gotzek, D., Guénard, B., Fisher, B.L., Aldawood, A.S., Al Dhafer, H.M., Mohamed, A.A. 2020. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological reassessments of thief ants identify a new potential case of biological invasions. Scientific Reports Article No: 12040. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69029-4
 * Sharaf, M.R., Mohamed, A.A., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. 2020. Nesomyrmex micheleae, a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with a synoptic list, distribution, and a key to the Arabian Nesomyrmex. Journal of Natural History 54: 351–365. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1762013