Mostafa R. Sharaf

Mostafa R. Sharaf (born 1974), Egyptian entomologist and myrmecologist.

College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Mohamed, S., Zalat, S., Fadl, H. & Sharaf, M.R. 2001. Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3: 40–61.

Sharaf, M.R, 2007. Monomorium dentatum sp. n., a new ant species from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the fossulatum group. Zoology in the Middle East 41: 93–98.

Sharaf, M.R,, Taylor, B. & Klingenberg, C. 2009. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Egypt with a description of the worker castes of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947. Zootaxa 2004: 49–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2004.1.4, ResearchGate Reference page.

Schawaller, W., Sharaf, M.R, & Aldawood, A.S. 2011. The tribe Cossyphodini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on biology and ecology. Annales zoologici 61: 439–444. Reference page.

Assing, V., Schülke, M., Sharaf, M.R. & Aldawood, A.S. 2013. On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera). Linzer biologische Beiträge 45(1): 141–154. PDF Reference page.
El-Hawagry, M.S., Khalil, M.W., Sharaf, M.R., Fadl, H.H. & Aldawood, A.S. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys, 274: 1–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.274.4529 Reference page.
Hlaváč, P., Sharaf, M.R. & Aldawood, A.S. 2013. New species and record of Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 3666(3): 331–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.3.3 Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6 Reference page.

Sharaf, M.R., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. 2015. 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 of Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE. 9(11): e111298. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111298 Reference page.

Sharaf, M.R., Collingwood, C. & Aldawood, A. 2015. Notes on the ant genus Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species and a key to species of the C. pallida-group. ZooKeys 545: 101–117. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.545.6308 Reference page.

Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A., Aldawood, A.S. & Hita Garcia, F. 2017. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Arabian Peninsula. African Invertebrates 58(2): 21–37. DOI: 10.3897/AafrInvertebr.58.12782. Reference page.

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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.780.26272 Reference page.
Wachkoo, A.A., Maqbool, A., Akbar, S.A. & Sharaf, M.R. 2018. A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e25016. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e2501616 Reference page.

Sharaf, M.R., Aldawood, A.S. & Hita Garcia, F. 2019. Review of the Arabian Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), synoptic list, distribution, and description of two new species from Oman and Saudi Arabia. ZooKeys, 898: 27–81. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.898.37531 Reference page.

Abdel-Dayem, M.S., 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: e66058. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e66058 Reference page.

Sharaf, M.R. & Aldawood, A.S. 2022. Tapinoma yacoubi, sp. nov., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East: 68(2): 165–170. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2077565
Sharaf, M.R. & Aldawood, A.S. 2022. Crematogaster ghoneimi, sp. nov., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 72(4): 937-942. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.4.009
Sharaf, M.R., Wetterer, J. K., Mohamed, A. A. & Aldawood, A.S. 2022. Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography. European Journal of Taxonomy 838: 1-106. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925