Monomorium subdenticorne

Monomorium subdenticorne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species group:	salomonis
Species:	M. subdenticorne
Binomial name
	Monomorium subdenticorne; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 Specimen Labels

One collection was made near a river in a valley.

Identification

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - In general appearance this species resembles Monomorium nitidiventre apart from the dentiform propodeum and duller colour and is lighter in colour and has a broader head than Monomorium subdentatum from Zaire.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.469444° to 13.566667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, 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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

subdenticorne. Monomorium subdenticorne Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 354, fig. 27 (w.) YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Al-Mahwit, 21.ix.1991 (A. van Harten); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Yemen: Taiz-Mafhaq, 15.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood), workers Yemen: Wadi Bani, 20.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood), workers Yemen: Mabar, iv.1993 (M. Knapp).
- Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC).
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 126.
- 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 3.6; HL 0.82; HW 0.71; SL 0.75; EL/HW 0.216; CI 88; SI 106.

The clypeus is broadly emarginate, the head emarginate with distinct occipital corners and broadly curved sides. The mesopropodeal break is short but deep. The propodeal dorsum is long and flat but raised posteriorly and angled so as to form two blunt, slightly projected dentiform bosses. The propodeal furrow is both broad and deep. There are no dorsal alitrunk hairs, one pair on the petiole, one on the postpetiole and two pairs on the first gastral tergite anterior to the apical row. There are also short suberect pubescent hairs on the mesopropodeum and gaster. The head, alitrunk and nodes have dense reticulopunctate sculpture; the gaster is shining with superficial reticulate sculpture. The head, alitrunk and nodes are pale brownish red contrasting with the dark gaster.

Type Material

Holotype: worker,Yemen, Al-Mahwit, 21.IX.1991, A. van Harten. - Paratypes: Yemen: workers, same series as holotype; workers from: Taiz - Mafhaq, 15.III.1993; Wadi Bani, 20.III.1993; all C.A. Collingwood; workers, Mabar, I.V.1993, M. Knapp.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.