Monomorium gallagheri

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species is similar to Monomorium delagoense, but smaller and has larger eyes (M delagoense EL/HW 0.22-0.245).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 347 (w.) OMAN, SAUDI ARABIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Oman: Qarhat Mu’ammar, 1.ii.1986 (M.D. Gallagher); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: Wadi Awsat, 31.xii.1974 (W. Büttiker).
 * 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: 119.
 * Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia.

Worker
Holotype: TL 2.53; HL 0.88; HW 0.56; SL 0.57; EL 0.145; range: CI 77.8-84.3; SI 99.5-112; EL/HW 0.265-0.312.

The clypeal border is weakly convex with a small median incision. The alitrunk profile is flat with the mesonotum meeting the propodeum at an oblique angle. The propodeal furrow is distinct with well-defined side margins. The petiole node is a rounded triangle in side view. There are no hairs on the underside of the head away from the maxillae. The pronotum has one pair of hairs, the petiole one pair and the postpetiole two; the gaster has several on the first tergite. Head, alitrunk and nodes have evenly punctate sculpture; the gaster is shining with a faint reticulation The body colour is uniformly medium brown.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Oman, Qarhat Mu'ammar, 1.II.1986, M.D. Gallagher. - Paratypes: Oman: workers, same series as holotype. - Saudi Arabia: workers, Wadi Awsat, 31.XII.1974, W. Buttiker.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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 (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004