Monomorium marmule

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  marmule. Monomorium marmule Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 349, fig. 21 (w.) OMAN.

Worker
Holotype: HL 0.97; HW 0.80; SL 0.84; EL 0.24; PW 0.26.

This species differs from Monomorium areniphilum by the wide transverse nodes both of which are dearly wider than long. The petiole is also rather high in profile, 0.30 mm. suberect pubescent hairs are present over the alitrunk dorsum and gaster but no long hairs except one pair on the petiole and two pairs on the postpetiole. The head and alitrunk are reddish brown but both nodes are infuscate dorsally and the antennae darken towards their tips. This species is also less sculptured and more brightly coloured than M. areniphilum.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Oman, Marmul, IX.1989, M.D. Gallagher. - Paratypes: Oman: workers, same series as holotype; workers from: Yalooni, 3.X.1984; Minririb, 14.I.1986; all M.D. Gallagher; 99, Yalooni, 18.XI.1984, R. Braund.

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