taxonID	type	description	language	source
C35B7839F2D262ED82FE5A9B68A91580.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. KENYA: Coast Province, Malindi, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, - 3.29, 39.98, 10 - 15 m, coastal hard wood forest, 24. V. 2001 (R. R. Snelling) (FHGC: 3 w); Coast Province, Malindi, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, - 3.321, 39.929, 50 m, coastal dry forest, VI. 2009 (F. Hita Garcia & G. Fischer) (FHGC: 3 w); Rift Valley Province, Laikipia, Ewaso Ngiro, near Mpala Research Centre, 0.30, 36.91, 1600 m, Acacia woodland, 10. IV. 2001 (R. R. Snelling) (FHGC: 10 w); Rift Valley Province, Laikipia, Mpala Research Centre, 0.29, 36.9, 1650 m, Acacia woodland, 27. - 28. IX. 1999 and 24. III. 2001 (R. R. Snelling) (FHGC: 3 w); Western Province, Kakamega Forest, Buyangu Village, 0.3590, 34.8708, 1590 m, farmland, VII. 2007 (F. Hita Garcia) (FHGC: 3 w); MOZAMBIQUE: Sofala Province, Gorongosa National Park, Explore Gorongosa Park, - 18.927, 34.378, 24 m, Fever tree forest, 20. V. 2012 (G. D. Alpert) (MCZC: 3 w); Sofala Province, Gorongosa National Park, 3 km W Chitengo, - 18.992, 34.325, 37 m, riverine forest, 19. IV. 2013 (G. D. Alpert) (MCZC: 3 w); KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: Al Baha Province, Al Mukhwah, Dhi Ayn Archeological village, 19.929417 ° N, 41.441722 ° E, 741 m, 18. V. 2010, (M. R. Sharaf) (KSMA: 3 w); Elqamh park, Baljurshi, 19.913056 ° N, 41.905 ° E, alt. 1931 m, 17. V. 2010, (M. R. Sharaf) (KSMA: 1 w). Asir Province, Khamis Mushayt, W. Ben Hashbal, 18.594806 ° N, 42.650361 ° E, 1892 m, 26. IV. 2011, (M. R. Sharaf) (KSMA: 6 w); ZIMBABWE: Zebra Island, south side, - 16.573, 28. 901, 12. V. 2012 (J. K. Wetterer) (FHGC: 1 w).	en	Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., Garcia, Francisco Hita (2017): Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58 (2): 21-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782
C35B7839F2D262ED82FE5A9B68A91580.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The following character combination distinguishes N. angulatus from the other members of the group in the Arabian Peninsula: third mandibular tooth relatively larger and better developed; anterior clypeal lobe always conspicuously developed, convex and rounded, never with a small median triangular projection; clypeus with median longitudinal carina; pronotum anterodorsally without sharp, dentate corners; in profile mesosomal dorsum forming a single, uninterrupted flat surface without any trace of metanotal groove; petiole with very well developed node.	en	Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., Garcia, Francisco Hita (2017): Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58 (2): 21-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782
F4A56930A8FB03130B0D3D7A8C7EBD9F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. KENYA: Coast Province, Malindi, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, - 3.321, 39.929, 50 m, coastal dry forest, VI. 2009 (F. Hita Garcia & G. Fischer) (FHGC: 3 w, 1 q).	en	Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., Garcia, Francisco Hita (2017): Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58 (2): 21-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782
F4A56930A8FB03130B0D3D7A8C7EBD9F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The following character combination distinguishes N. humerosus from the other members of the group in the Arabian Peninsula: anterior clypeal lobe short, flat-margined, and never convex, with small median triangular projection; clypeus without median longitudinal carina; pronotum anterodorsally sharply marginate, with sharp, dentate corners; in profile mesosomal outline conspicuously concave; petiole barrel-shaped with very weakly developed, short and triangular petiolar node.	en	Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., Garcia, Francisco Hita (2017): Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58 (2): 21-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782
2676121E83A9A3B6C9FF05B799E278B3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The following character combination separates N. zaheri from the other Nesomyrmex species known from the Arabian Peninsula: third mandibular tooth relatively smaller and reduced; anterior clypeal lobe always conspicuously developed, convex and rounded, never with a small median triangular projection; pronotum anterodorsally without sharp, dentate corners; clypeus without median longitudinal carina; in profile mesosomal dorsum forming a single, uninterrupted flat surface without any trace of metanotal groove; petiole with very well developed node.	en	Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., Garcia, Francisco Hita (2017): Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58 (2): 21-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782
2676121E83A9A3B6C9FF05B799E278B3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The patronym zaheri has been selected to honor the late famous Egyptian Qura'an reader Sheikh Abdel-Azim Zaher (1904 - 1971).	en	Sharaf, Mostafa R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., Garcia, Francisco Hita (2017): Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58 (2): 21-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782
