Monomorium hemame

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Lush (2008) - M. hemame is an unusual member of the M. areniphilum complex in the M. salomonis species group due to the presence of erect setae on the first gastral tergite anterior to the apical transverse row. Although it is the only known member of the complex to possess this characteristic, it has the distinctive mesosoma profile absent in all other described species-complexes within the salomonis-group and so is tentatively placed here.

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

Nomenclature

 *  hemame. Monomorium hemame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 348 (w.) KUWAIT.

Worker
Holotype: HL 0.91; HW 0.755; SL 0.77; EL 0.23; CI 83; 51 102; EL/HW 0.31.

This species differs from Monomorium areniphilum by having a double row of hairs on the first gastral tergite anterior to the apical row and the gaster is black rather than brown, contrasting with the reddish-brown head and alitrunk. The ventral head hairs are also more abundant. The petiole is narrow in dorsal view, not wider than long.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Kuwait, Umm al-Hemam, 9.III.1988, W. Buttiker. - Paratypes: Kuwait: workers, same series as holotype. - Saudi Arabia: workers, Uyaynah, 1.IV.1976, W. Buttiker.