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)

• 3 taxon names authored by Mostafa R. Sharaf

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2001

• 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.

2007

• 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.

2009

• 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. 

2011

• 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.  

2013

• 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. 

2014

• 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. 

2015

• 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. 

2017

• 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. 

2018

• 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. 

2019

• 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. 

2021

• 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. 

2022

• 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