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Monomorium rimae
| Monomorium rimae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species group: | monomorium |
| Species: | M. rimae |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium rimae Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of Monomorium rimae.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 14.6025° to 14.6025°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rimae. Monomorium rimae Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 353 (w.) YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Wadi Rima, nr Madinar al-Shariq, 12.iii.1992 (A. van Harten).
- Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC).
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 124.
- Distribution: Yemen.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Holotype: TL 1.80; HL 0.44; HW 0.37; SL 0.25; CI 84.1; SI 70.2.
This small species resembles Monomorium nuptialis but has a much shorter scape and is distinctively bicoloured with a glossy black gaster and brown head contrasting with the yellow alitrunk and nodes. The funiculus segments 2-9 are transverse. The clypeus is broadly emarginate with raised ridges. Scattered dorsal hairs are present on the head and alitrunk and the whole body is unsculptured except for a few punctures at the sides of the propodeum and at the shallow mesopropodeal break.
Type Material
Holotype: worker, Yemen, Wadi Rima near Madinat al-Shariq, 12.III.1992, A. van Harten. - Paratypes: workers, same series as holotype.
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 353, worker described)
- Sharaf, M.R., Mohamed, A.A., Boudinot, B.E., Wetterer, J.K., Hita Garcia, F., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. 2021. Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n. PeerJ 9, e10726. (doi:10.7717/peerj.10726).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.