Monomorium denticulatum
| Monomorium denticulatum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. denticulatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium denticulatum Mayr, 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Notomyrmex denticulatum | |
Monomorium denticulatum is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is endemic to Argentina. Like M. bidentatum it was first described from Valdivia, Chile.[1] The most famous species in the Monomorium genus is the highly invasive Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium Pharaonis.
Description
Workers are 3 mm long, yellowish red, with brown head, petiole and abdomen. Females are 4 mm long and brownish black, with only the most distal tarsal elements and the tip of the abdomen reddish yellow. [1]
Footnotes
References
- Mayr, Gustav L. (1887): Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511-632. PDF
- Fernández, F. (2007): Two new South American species of Monomorium Mayr with taxonomic notes on the genus. In: Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward (eds). Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 128-145. PDF