Key to Arabian Aphaenogaster
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- Propodeum dentate in profile; mesopleura, metapleura, and propodeum transversally rugulose (Oman, KSA) . . . . . Messor asmaae
- Propodeum armed with a pair of acute spines; mesopleura, metapleura, and propodeum finely and densely punctulate . . . . . 2
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- Dark brown in color; body pilosity sparse, short and blunt; cephalic surface reticulate-rugulose; eyes small (EL 0.22 × HW), situated behind midlength of head; clypeus longitudinally rugulose with granulate ground sculpture; promesonotal suture indistinct; (Algeria, KSA, Andorra, Armenia, Bulgaria, France (type locality), Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Montenegro, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan . . . . . Aphaenogaster gibbosa
- Yellow-brown species; body pilosity abundant, long, and fine; cephalic surface smooth and shining except for three pairs of curved rugae on genae; eyes large (EL 0.27–0.32 × HW), situated on midlength of head; clypeus entirely smooth and shining; promesonotal suture well-developed (Oman, KSA) . . . . . Pheidole sarae