Monomorium mahyoubi

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species resembles Monomorium suleyile but is smaller, darker and has larger eyes.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium mahyoubi Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 349 (w.) YEMEN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Taiz - Al-Turbah, 14.iii.1993, roadside (C.A. Collingwood); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Yemen: Sana’a, 17.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood).
 * Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC).
 * Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 121.
 * Distribution: Yemen.

Worker
Holotype: TL 2.8; HL 0.66; HW 0.57; SL 0.62; CI 86; SI 99-100; EL/HW 0.27.

The pronotum has one pair of erect hairs, the mesonotum up to two pairs, the petiole and postpetiole each have two pairs and the first gastral tergite has 8-10 pairs. The head, alitrunk and nodes are coarsely punctate, the gaster less densely but distinctly sculptured so that the whole body is dull without shine. The colour is dark brownish black. The clypeal margin is incised in the middle and the clypeal ridges are relatively sharp.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Yemen, Taiz - Al-Turbah, roadside, 14.III.1993, C.A. Collingwood. - Paratypes: Yemen: workers, same series as holotype; workers, Sana'a, 17.III.1993, C.A. Collingwood.