Monomorium harithe

Nothing is known about the biology of .

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

Nomenclature

 *  harithe. Monomorium harithe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 347 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA.

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.

Type Material
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.

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.