Ants of the Sudan: Formicidae of El Ga'ab Depression
Keywords:
Myrmicinae, Formicinae, Ponerinae, Sudan, El Ga’ab
Abstract
Twelve species of ants belonging to 3 subfamilies were collected from El Ga’ab Depression. Subfamily: Myrmicinae was represented by 4 species: Monomorium salomonis, Monomorium bicolor, Monomorium areniphilum and Messor sp. Subfamily: Formicinae was represented by 7 species: Cataglyphis bicolor, Cataglyphis oasium, Cataglyphis sp., Camponotus maculatus, Camponotus, Camponotus sp., Paratrechina sp. and Subfamily Ponerinae represented by Pachycondyla sennaarensis. The habitat of ant species was recorded and the possibility of finding some species was discussed.References
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- Shattuck, S. O. (1999). Australian ants: Their biology and identification. CSIRO.
- Steck, K., Hansson, B. S., & Knaden, M. (2009). Ants, Cataglyphis fortis, use olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest. Frontiers in Zoology, 6(5). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-6-5
- Tahir, Y. F. (2009). Archaeological, ethnograpghical and ecological project of El Ga’ab Basin in Westren Dongola. (First Season Report). Department of Archaeology, University of Khartoum.
- Tahir, Y. F. (2012). A Holocene paleolake in El Ga'ab Depression, Western Desert, Northern Sudan. Sahara, 23, 99-112.
- Tahir, Y. F. (2014). Archaeological, ethnographical and ecological project of El Ga'ab Basin in Western Dongola. (Forth Season Report). Department of Archaeology, University of Khartoum.
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- Weber, N. A. (1943). The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 93(2), 263-389.
Published
2025-09-21
How to Cite
Zuheir Nour El Dayem Mahmoud, & Yahia Fadl Tahir. (2025). Ants of the Sudan: Formicidae of El Ga’ab Depression. Journal of The Faculty of Science and Technology, 10(10), 137 - 145. https://doi.org/10.52981/jfst.v10i10.3408
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