Crematogaster jehovae

Distribution
Sharaf et al. (2019): This species was originally described from Israel and is also known from the southeastern Europe and the Middle East (Borowiec and Salata 2012; Borowiec 2014; Guénard et al. 2017; Janicki et al. 2017). Our material represents the first record from the KSA since it was previously only known from UAE and Yemen (Borowiec and Salata 2012; Borowiec 2014).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. Palaearctic Region: China, Greece, Israel, Montenegro, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Crematogaster auberti subsp. jehovae Forel, 1907b: 207 (w.) ISRAEL.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Israel: Jerusalem (T. Schmid).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Misspelled as johovae by Forel, 1909c: 104.]
 * Menozzi, 1933b: 58 (q.).
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 142; Santschi, 1930c: 266;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * Subspecies of auberti: Forel, 1909c: 104 (in text); Forel, 1910a: 9; Emery, 1912e: 660; Forel, 1913d: 430; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 170; Emery, 1922e: 142; Finzi, 1930c: 23.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1926: 3; Menozzi, 1929e: 125; Santschi, 1930c: 266; Menozzi, 1933b: 58; Finzi, 1936: 173; Santschi, 1938a: 38; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 155; Petrov, 2006: 93 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 42; Karaman, M.G. 2011a: 9 (redescription); Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 23; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 489; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 42; Borowiec, L. 2014: 66 (see note in bibliography); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 135; Sharaf, Aldawood & Hita Garcia, 2019: 62; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 8.
 * Distribution: Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus crawleyi.

Taxonomic Notes
Sharaf et al. (2019): The taxonomy and identification of this species seems straightforward and we expect that this will remain this way.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
 * Emery C. 1926. Ultime note mirmecologiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 58: 1-9.
 * Finzi B. 1930. Hymenopteren aus Palästina und Syrien. (Zoologische Studienreise von R. Ebner 1928 mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.) Formicidae. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Abteilung I 139:22-24.
 * Forel A. 1907. Fourmis nouvelles de Kairouan et d'Orient. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 51: 201-208.
 * Forel A. 1910. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32.
 * Forel, A.. "Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 21 (1913): 427-438.
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * HUANG Jian-hua, ZHOU Shan-yi. 2006. A Checklist of Family Formicidae of China - Myrmicinae (Part I) (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Journal of Guangxi Normal University. Natural science edition 24: 87-94.
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 * Karaman M. G. 2011. A catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Montenegro. Podgorica: Catalogues 3, Volume 2, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, 140 pp.
 * Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
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 * Martinez J. J. 2008. Firebreaks in planted pine forests in Israel: patches for Mediterranean Bata ants. Vie et Milieu 58(3/4): 233-236.
 * Petrov I. Z. 2008. Notes on the currently known ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Montenegro. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum 1: 243-254.
 * Santschi, F. 1938. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Egypte. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte 21: 28-44.
 * Sharaf M. R., S. A. Aldawood, 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
 * Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de lAgriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
 * Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.
 * Wheeler W. M. and W. M. Mann. 1916. The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 167-174.
 * Wheeler W. M., and W. M. Mann. 1916. The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 167-174.