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Hexapoda

Tapinoma yacoubi, sp. nov., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia

Mostafa R. SharafDepartment of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Abdulrahman S. AldawoodDepartment of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pages 165-170 | Received 20 Nov 2021, Accepted 05 May 2022, Published online: 29 May 2022

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