References by Al Dhafer, H. M.
Sharaf, M. R.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 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 (6):565-580. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 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):9 pp. e111298. 10.1371/journal.pone.0111298 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 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. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Collingwood, C. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Al Mutairi, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2015. New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ZooKeys 505:51-58. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M. 2016. [New species of Trichomyrmex, attributed to Sharaf and Al Dhafer]. Pp. 28-31 in: Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Akbar, S. A.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016a. 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. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Akbar, S. A.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016a. 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. 10.5852/ejt.2016.246 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Salman, S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Yousef, A. F. A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2016b. First occurrence of the ant genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sociobiology 63 (2):800-803. 10.13102/sociobiology.v63i2.981 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Akbar, S. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East 63 (1):68-75. 10.1080/09397140.2017.1292645 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. 10.5852/ejt.2017.280 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2018. Review of the ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 780:35-59. 10.3897/zookeys.780.26272 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S.; Hita Garcia, F. 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 6:31 pp. e4277. 10.7717/peerj.4277 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Polaszek, A.; Aldawood, A. S. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10:38 pp. e010004. 10.20362/am.010004 PDF
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 map and key to the Arabian Nesomyrmex. Journal of Natural History 54:351–365. 10.1080/00222933.2020.1762013 PDF
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 10:12040. 10.1038/s41598-020-69029-4 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Mohamed, A. A.; Boudinot, B. E.; Wetterer, J. K.; Hita Garcia, F.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2021. Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n. PeerJ 9:60 pp. e10726. 10.7717/peerj.10726 PDF
Abdel-Dayem, M. M.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S.; Sharaf, M. R. 2021. An update to the taxonomy and distribution of the Arabian Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an illustrated key and remarks on habitats. Biodiversity Data Journal 9:26 pp. e66058. 10.3897/BDJ.9.e66058 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2024. Cardiocondyla hashemi sp. n., a new species of the C. batesii species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with a key to the Saudi species. Zoology in the Middle East -:1-11. [online early] 10.1080/09397140.2024.2321640 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Trichomyrmex shakeri Trichomyrmex shakeri Sharaf & Al Dhafer, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 2013–2024
Taxon descriptions between 2016
No. of references 17
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 1
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 1
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 1
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Al Dhafer, H. M. 17