Monomorium majarishe

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species appears close to Monomorium osiridis, but the head sculpture lacks the characteristic median shining strip of M. osiridis and the eyes are slightly larger.

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

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium majarishe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 349 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Saudi Arabia: Wadi Majarish, 21°23’N, 40°15’E, 17.iii.1983 (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: 121.
 * Distribution: Saudi Arabia.

Worker
Holotype: TL 1.95; HL 0.49; HW 0.38; SL 0.35; EL/HW 0.24; range: CI 78.5-79; SI 90-92.

The clypeus is emarginate. The eyes with six ommatidia in the longest row are set slightly forward of the midlength of the head. The alitrunk in profile shows no dip in the dorsal outline, the mesopropodeal break appearing as a simple line. There are no dorsal hairs on the alitrunk or nodes. The head has no well-defined sculpture and that of the alitrunk dorsum, nodes and lower face of the first gastral tergite is punctate but not dense. The colour is dull greyish yellow.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, Wadi Majarish, 21°23'N 40°15'E, 17.II.1983, W. Buttiker. - Paratypes: workers, same series as holotype.

Determination Clarifications
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species was wrongly identified as Monomorium schultzei in Collingwood (1985) but that species has not been confirmed for Arabia.