01681nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001300041245011000054210006900164260001600233520091800249653004501167653001701212653001401229653001501243653001701258100003201275700003201307700003001339700002801369856006601397 2015 eng d a1319562X00aSamsum Ant, Brachyponera sennaarensis (Formicidae: Ponerinae): distribution and abundance in Saudi Arabia0 aSamsum Ant Brachyponera sennaarensis Formicidae Ponerinae distri cJan-05-20153 a

Invasive species are capable of causing considerable damage to natural ecosystems, agriculture and economies throughout the World. Samsum ant, Brachyponera (Pachycondyla) sennaarens is has been a reason for medical implication and social nuisance through its poisonous and severely painful sting causing anaphylactic shock in many cases. We surveyed for the presence of the samsum ant in various provinces of Saudi Arabia. B. sennaarensis was abundant ponerinae species in human settlements. In the Eastern provinces, however, few samples were collected, and none were found in the Northern and Western provinces. Infestations of B. sennaarensis were particularly severe in the spring and summer seasons, when the ants make nests in moist areas and in cracks in cemented structures, whereas the extent of infestation reduced in the winter seasons.

10aBrachyponera (Pachycondyla) sennaarensis10adistribution10aPonerinae10aSamsum ant10aSaudi Arabia1 aAl-Khalifa, Mohammed, Saleh1 aMashaly, Ashraf, Mohamed Al1 aSiddiqui, Mohammed, Iqbal1 aAl-Mekhlafi, Fahd, Abdu uhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1319562X15001126