Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 5, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2010, Pages 37-42 PDF (553.35 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2010.15187 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdulrahman S. Aldawood; Mostafa R. Sharaf; Cedric A. Collingwood | ||
| Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, PO Box 2460, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Arabia; Palaearctic; Saudi Arabia; Myrmicinae; salomonis group; Taxonomy | ||
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