Abstract
Monomorium moathi sp. n. is described and illustrated from Yemen based on the worker caste. This species belongs to the Monomorium salomonis-group, with closest resemblance to M. areniphilum Santschi, 1911. It is distinguished from the latter species by the following characters: Eyes oval, relatively large with eleven ommatidia in the longest row; Petiole node high and pointed in profile; Head, mesosoma and waist distinctly shagreenate granulate. Gaster finely shagreenate. Head dorsum, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and gastral tergites without hairs.
Highlights
Monomorium was established by Mayr in 1855 by the type species Monomorium minutum Mayr, 1855 (later, given the new name Monomorium monomorium Bolton (1987:287)
Within the subfamily Myrmicinae, workers of the genus Monomorium are recognized by the combination of the following characters: Monomorphic to polymorphic ants, mandibles with 3-5 teeth which decrease in size from apex to base
The ant fauna of the genus Monomorium in Yemen consists of 23 species scattered in Collingwood (1985), Collingwood & Van Harten (1994), Collingwood & Agosti (1996), Collingwood & Van Harten (2001), and Collingwood et al (2004); 11 of them being described as new
Summary
Monomorium was established by Mayr in 1855 by the type species Monomorium minutum Mayr, 1855 (later, given the new name Monomorium monomorium Bolton (1987:287). Within the subfamily Myrmicinae, workers of the genus Monomorium are recognized by the combination of the following characters: Monomorphic to polymorphic ants, mandibles with 3-5 teeth which decrease in size from apex to base. The M. salomonis group (Bolton, 1987) is distinguished from other Monomorium species-groups by the following characters: Monomorphic with some size variation in any series. The ant fauna of the genus Monomorium in Yemen consists of 23 species scattered in Collingwood (1985), Collingwood & Van Harten (1994), Collingwood & Agosti (1996), Collingwood & Van Harten (2001), and Collingwood et al (2004); 11 of them being described as new.
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