Monomorium gallagheri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 *  gallagheri. Monomorium gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 347 (w.) OMAN.

Worker
Holotype: TL 2.53; HL 0.88; HW 0.56; SL 0.57; EL 0.145; range: CI 77.8-84.3; SI 99.5-112; EL/HW 0.265-0.312.

The clypeal border is weakly convex with a small median incision. The alitrunk profile is flat with the mesonotum meeting the propodeum at an oblique angle. The propodeal furrow is distinct with well-defined side margins. The petiole node is a rounded triangle in side view. There are no hairs on the underside of the head away from the maxillae. The pronotum has one pair of hairs, the petiole one pair and the postpetiole two; the gaster has several on the first tergite. Head, alitrunk and nodes have evenly punctate sculpture; the gaster is shining with a faint reticulation The body colour is uniformly medium brown.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Oman, Qarhat Mu'ammar, 1.II.1986, M.D. Gallagher. - Paratypes: Oman: workers, same series as holotype. - Saudi Arabia: workers, Wadi Awsat, 31.XII.1974, W. Buttiker.