Monomorium harithe

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

Nothing is known about the biology of Monomorium harithe.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 24.633333° to 12.8°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: Oman.

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

Images from AntWeb


Holotype of Monomorium najrane. Worker. Specimen code casent0922335. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK.

Nomenclature

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

harithe. Monomorium harithe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 347 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Saudi Arabia: Harithi, 19.iv.1985 (W. Büttiker); paratypes: workers with same data, workers, queen Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, 21.i.1980 (A.H. Talhouk), workers Yemen: Taiz-Aden, 20.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood).
- Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 120.
- Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Yemen.

Type Material

Monomorium harithe: Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, Harithi, 19.IV.1985, W. Buttiker. - Paratypes: Saudi Arabia: workers, same series as holotype; 1 queen, workers, Riyadh, 21.I.1980, A.H. Talhouk. - Yemen: workers, Taiz - Aden, 20.III.1993, CA. Collingwood.

Monomorium najrane: Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, desert near Najran, 17°32'N 44°00'E, 10.IV.1983, C.A. Collingwood. - Paratypes: Saudi Arabia: workers, same series as holotype; workers from: Hofuf desert area, 11.IV.1983; Al-Baix, 11.IV.1983; all C.A. Collingwood.

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 2.75; HL 0.65; HW 0.51; SL 0.53; EL/HW 0.29; CI 78.5; SI 103.

The clypeus is mildly convex with a small median incision. The head sides are distinctly rounded the occipital border slightly emarginate. The alitrunk is rather flat with the propodeum falling away from the mesonotum at the shallow mesopropodeal break. The propodeal furrow is distinct with slightly raised margins. There are no alitrunk hairs, one pair on the petiole, one on the postpetiole and two pairs on the first gastral tergite in front of the apical row. The head and alitrunk have scattered punctures within a superficial reticulum with the nodes and propodeum more strongly sculptured. The colour is evenly dark reddish brown and the general appearance somewhat shining, not dull as in the similar Monomorium phoenicum.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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