Monomorium rimae

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen.

Nomenclature

 * . 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.

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 nuptualis 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 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.