Dr. Ashraf Mashaly

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Associate Professor of Entomology

Email: mmashely@ksu.edu.sa

Qualifications

2004 Ph.D., University of Göttingen, Germany

1996 M.Sc., University of Minia, Egypt

1991 B.Sc., University of Benha, Egypt.

Research Fields

Behavioural ecology: Studying the ant trail pheromones

Insect Biological Control

Forensic Entomology

Publications (selected)

1. Hussein Alkhedir; Petr Karlovsky; Ashraf Mohamed Ali Mashaly; Stefan Vidal (2015). Phylogenetic relationships of the symbiotic bacteria in the aphid Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Envieonmental Entomology In press.
2. Nael Abutaha, Ashraf M.A. Mashaly, Fahd A. Al-Mekhlafi, Muhammed Farooq, Mohammed Al-shami, Muhammad A. Wadaan (2015). Larvicidal activity of endophytic fungal extract of Cochliobolus spicifer on Aedes caspius and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology. In press
3. Jamal Khaled, Fahd Al-Mekhlafi, Nael Abutaha, Ashraf Mashaly, Abdulla Khalel, Mohamed Wadaan (2014). Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi isolated from the nest of the samsum ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis against larvae of the mosquitoes Aedes caspius and Culex Pipiens. Entomologia Generalis. 35(2): 77- 86
4. Ashraf Mohamed Ali Mashaly, Muhammad Farooq, Wael Hozzein, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Fahd Abdu Al-Mekhlafi (2014). Assessment of Toxic Baits for the Control of the Samsum Ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Formicidae: Ponerinae). African Entomology 22(1): 204-209
5. Mashaly, A.M.A., Ahmed, A.M., Túlio M. Nunes, Morgan, D. (2014). Secretions of the Dufour's gland of some foremicidae ants. African Entomology 22(4): 779-782
6. Mashaly, A.M.A., Al-Mekhalfi, F.A. and Al-qahtani, A.M. (2013). Food Preferences and Foraging Activity of Field Populations of a Samsum Ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis. Bulletin of Insectology. 62(2): 187-193
7. Hustert R., Mashaly, A.M.A. (2013). Spontaneous behavioral rhythms in the isolated CNS of insects – Presenting new model systems. Journal of Physiology, 107: 147–151.
8. Al-Mekhalfi, F.A., Mashaly, A.M.A., Ebaid, H., Wadaan, M.A., Al-Mallah, N.M. (2012). Control of the seed beetle Callosobruchus muculatus reared on chickpeas by different applicable conditions of the insect growth regulator, Cyromazine. Scientific Research and Essays, 7(1): 55-60.
9. Al-Mekhalfi, F.A., Mashaly, A.M.A., Wadaan, M.A., Al-Mallah, N.M. (2012). Effect of different applicable conditions of the insect growth regulator (Cyromazine) on the Southern cowpea weevils, Callosobruchus maculatus reared on peas. Pakistan journal of Zoology, 44(2), pp.481-488.
10. Mashaly, A.M.A., Ahmed, A.M. Al-Abdula, M.A. and AI-Khalifa, M.S. (2011). The trail pheromone of the venomous samsum ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis. J. Insect Science, 11: 1-12.
11. Mahmoud Fadl Ali, Ashraf Mohamed Ali Mashaly, Tarek Mohamed Abd El Aziz (2011). The bioactivity of some plant extracts against the carpet beetle Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). J. Egypt Ger. Zool. 63E, Entomology, 71-98.
12. Mashaly, A.M.A., Shoker, N.I. and Negm, M.W. (2011). Observations on mites associated with three ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from Saudi Arabia. Pakistan journal of Zoology 43(6):1095-1100.
13. Mashaly, A.M.A. (2011). Trail communication in two Messor species, Messor meridionalis and Messor foreli (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Italian journal of Zoology, 78(4): 524-531.
14. Ali, M. F., Mashaly, A.M.A., Mohammed A.A. and Abo El -Magd M.M. (2011). Effect of temperature and relative humidities on biology of the carpet beetle Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 47(1): 25-31
15. Siddiqui, M.I., Mashaly, A.M.A., Ahmed, A.M., Fahd A. Al-Mekhlafi, Al-Khalifa, M.S. (2010) Ultrastructure of Antennal Sensilla of the Samsum ant, Pachycondylla sennaarensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Saudi Arabia. African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 9(41), pp. 6956-6962
16. Al-Khalifa, M.S., Ahmed, A.M., Mashaly, A.M., Al-Mekhlafi, F. Khalil, G., Siddiqui, M.I. and Ali, M.F. (2010). The samsum ants, Pachycondyla sennaarensis: Distribution and seasonal changes in Riyadh region. Pakistan journal of Zoology, 42(6), pp. 707-713
17. Mashaly, A.M.A. (2010). Monomorium ant`s trail pheromones: Glandular source, optimal concentration, longevity and specificity. J. Asian Pacific Entomol. 13: 23-26
18. Mashaly, A.M.A., Ali, A.S., Ali, M.F. (2010). Source, optimal dose concentration and longevity of trail pheromone in two Monomorium ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) Journal of King Saud University - Science. 22 (2): 57-60.
19. Mashaly, A.M.A., Ahmed, A.M., AI-Khalifa, M. S., Túlio M. Nunes, Morgan, D. (2010). Identification of the alkaloidal venoms of some Monomorium ants of Saudi Arabia. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 38:875–879.
20. Ashraf Mashaly, Margret Winkler, Ina Frambach, Heribert Gras, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schürmann (2008). Sprouting interneurons in mushroom bodies of adult cricket brains. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 508 (1): 153-174.
21. Mashaly A.M.A., Ali, A.S. Ali, M.F. (2008). Trail Communication In Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) and Paratrechina vividula (Nylander) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Egypt. J. Zool., 51:449-459.
22. Mashaly A, Schürmann F-W, Frambach I. (2003). A substrate for plasticity: Sprouting neurons in an olfactory neuropile of the mature cricket brain. Comp Biochem Physiol 134A:S67–S68.

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Last Updated: 2015-08-01