Nesomyrmex micheleae

The three known collected workers of N. micheleae were foraging on a large tree in Ayn Sahalnoot of the Dhofar Governorate in the south of Oman, and were collected using a beating sheet. Additional collections in a broad range of habitats in the Dhofar Governorate were not successful in obtaining additional material. The type locality, Ayn Sahalnoot or Wadi Sahalnoot, has spectacular natural scenery. The Dhofar Governorate is a rich, biodiverse region shaped by climate factors (the average annual temperature and precipitation in Salalah are 25.8°C and >94 mm, respectively) and vegetated with frequent areas of small- to medium-sized perennial shrubs, scattered between broader areas of loam, gravel and rocks and semi-evergreen grassland.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 * . Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, in Sharaf, Mohamed et al., 2020: 355, figs. 4a-c (w.) OMAN.