Monomorium knappi

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen.

Nomenclature

 *  knappi. Monomorium knappi Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 348, fig. 20 (w.) YEMEN.

Worker
Holotype: TL 2.9; HL 0.86; HW 0.63; SL 0.62; EL/HW 0.20; CI 73.8; SI 98.4.

The head, alitrunk and nodes have close reticulate sculpture as in Monomorium yemene and Monomorium fayfaense, but the gaster is shining with a superficial reticulate sculpture as in Monomorium nitidiventre. There are three pairs of hairs on the pronotum, one on the mesonotum, one on the propodeum, one on the petiole, two on the postpetiole and eight pairs on the first gastral tergite. The petiole is high and thin in profile, wider than long in dorsal view. The head is relatively narrow and the eyes small.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Yemen, Wadi Hadramaut, 24.III.1993, M. Knapp. - Paratypes: workers, same series as holotype.