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Monomorium jizane
| Monomorium jizane | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species group: | salomonis |
| Species: | M. jizane |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium jizane Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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In Oman this species was found in leaf litter.
Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species differs from Monomorium hanaqe by its smaller size, brighter colour, shorter scape, smaller eyes and lower petiole.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 23.62405° to 13.213889°.
| 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. |
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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.
- jizane. Monomorium jizane Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 348, fig. 19 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN, YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Saudi Arabia: Jizan, Abu Arish, 2.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: Wadi ad-Dilla, Jizan, 22.iv.1975 (W. Büttiker), workers Saudi Arabia: Najran, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), workers Oman: Tibat Musandham, 24.ix.1984 (M.D. Gallagher), workers Yemen: Rissabah, 8.x.1991 (A. van Harten), workers Yemen: Taiz, 20.x.1991 (A. van Harten).
- Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned, possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there).
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 120; Sharaf, Fisher, et al. 2018: 26.
- Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia, 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 2.50; HL 0.64; HW 0.47; SL 0.50; EL/HW 0.27; range: CI 72-76; SI 96-103; EL/HW 0.25-0.29.
The clypeal border is narrowly emarginate or with a small incision in a rather straight outline. The head is long, rectangular with slightly curved sides and a slightly emarginate occiput. The eyes are relatively large with 8-9 ommatidia in the longest row. The antennal scapes just fail to reach the occipital border. The alitrunk has a narrow deep mesopropodeal break; the propodeal furrow is long and distinctly margined as in Monomorium nitidiventre. The petiole is a rounded triangle in profile and narrow in dorsal view at least as long as wide. The occiput has a projecting hair near each corner. There is one pair on the pronotum, one pair on the petiole, one or two pairs on the postpetiole and six pairs on the first gastral tergite in front of the apical row. The whole body has dense punctate sculpture with only the sides of the gaster shining. The punctures on the propodeum are arranged in close transverse rows on the descending face. The head, alitrunk and nodes are medium orange red, contrasting with the uniformly black gaster.
Type Material
Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, Jizan, Abu Arish, 2.IV.1983, C.A. Collingwood. - Paratypes: Saudi Arabia: workers, same series as holotype; workers, Wadi ad-Dilla, Jizan, 22.IV.1975, W. Buttiker; workers, Najran, 7.IV.1983, C.A. Collingwood. - Oman: workers, Tibat Musandham, 24.IX.1984, M.D. Gallagher. - Yemen: workers from: Rissabah, 8.X.1991; Taiz, 20.X.1991; all A. van Harten.
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 348, fig. 19 worker described)
- Sharaf, M.R., Fisher, B.L., Dhafer, H.M., Polaszek, A., Aldawood, S.A. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology. 9:e010004; 1-38. doi:10.20362/am.010004 10.20362/am.010004.
- 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
- Bakr R. F. A., H. H. Fadl, R. M. Badawy, and M. R. Sharaf. 2007. Myrmecophile insects associated with some ant species (Hymenoptera : Formicidae )in Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology (Entomological Society of Egypt) ,Cairo, Egypt, 8-11 December, (1): 205-233.
- 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 Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.