Monomorium hemame

Identification
Lush (2008) - M hemame is an unusual member of the areniphilum-complex due to the presence of erect setae on the first gastral tergite anterior to the apical transverse row. Although it is the only known member of the complex to possess this characteristic, it has the distinctive mesosoma profile absent in all other described species-complexes within the salomonis-group and so is tentatively placed here.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Kuwait.

Nomenclature

 *  hemame. Monomorium hemame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 348 (w.) KUWAIT.