Monomorium buettikeri

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kuwait.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium buettikeri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 343 (w.) KUWAIT.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Kuwait: Anwha I., 29°22’N, 48°25’E, iii.1988 (W. Büttiker); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
 * Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 116.
 * Distribution: Kuwait.

Worker
Holotype: TL 3.20; HL 0.81; HW 0.65; SL 0.70; range: CI 79-81; SI 107-111; EL/HW 0.30-0.33.

The anterior clypeal margin is mildly concave. The eyes are relatively large with 11-12 ommatidia in the longest row. The scape just reaches the occipital border when laid back The propodeal furrow is flat with slightly raised side margins, in profile with a distinctly rounded declivous face. The pronotum has no standing hairs but there are a few raised pubescent hairs on the mesonotum and the propodeum. The petiole has one pair of long hairs, the postpetiole two pairs and there are several long hairs on the gaster. The head and alitrunk have reticulopunctate sculpture throughout but the general appearance is shining and the gaster is brilliant. The colour is black with the appendages brown paling towards their extremities. M. buettikeri resembles Monomorium abeillei in general appearance but is larger has a more sculptured head, a more rounded propodeal profile, larger eyes, longer antennae and absence of pronotal hairs.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Kuwait, Anwha Island, 29°22'N 48°25'E, 111.1988. W Buttiker. - Paratypes: workers, same series as holotype.

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.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.