Monomorium matame

Nothing is known about the biology of .

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

Nomenclature

 *  matame. Monomorium matame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 350, fig. 22 (w.) OMAN.

Worker
Holotype: HL 1.10; HW 0.91; SL 1.05; EL 0.31; CI 80-84; SI 111-115.

The pilosity and sculpture are similar to Monomorium niloticum but the eyes are larger, EL/HW 0.325-0.34, and the colour different. The head and antennal clubs are brownish, contrasting with the lighter alitrunk whereas in the very large number of M niloticum specimens from Arabia the pale reddish colour of the head, alitrunk, antennae and legs is consistent.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Oman, Wadi Matam, l.II.1986, M.D. Gallagher. - Paratypes: Oman: workers, same series as holotype. - Saudi Arabia: 1 queen, Nuayriyah, 20.V.1980, W Buttiker. - Yemen: workers, Sana'a, II.1991, A. van Harten.

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.
 * 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