Monomorium fezzanense

Nothing is known about the biology of .

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

Nomenclature

 *  fezzanense. Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA.

Worker
Holotype: HL 0.87; HW 0.71; SL 0.73; EL 0.23.

This species has a narrow petiole, not wider than long in dorsal view. There are no suberect pubescent hairs. The head, alitrunk and nodes are densely punctate and the gaster has close reticulopunctate sculpture so that the whole body is dull. The head, nodes and gaster are dark at least in part, contrasting with the paler alitrunk giving a distinctive bicoloured appearance.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, Jabal Banban, 16.III.1978, W Biittiker. - Paratypes: Saudi Arabia: workers, same series as holotype; workers, N of Tabuk, 4.IY.1979; Exp. N. Hedjaz (W Buttiker); workers, Al-Tawlah, 7.III.1983, CA. Collingwood. - Oman: workers, Khabura Barina, 2.VI.1979, R.P. Whitcombe; workers, Thumrait, 1.V.1984, J .M. Barnes.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
 * Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405474
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * 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