Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 58

Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910

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Monomorium salomonis var. carbo Forel, 1910: 251 (w) Eritrea. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Color uniform dark brown to black-brown; maximum diameter of eye 0.24–0.26 × head width; anterior median margin of clypeus feebly concave; posterior margin of head shallowly concave; eye with 7 ommatidia in longest row; metanotal groove shallowly impressed; posterior margin of head with a pair of setae; mesosomal dorsum without setae; petiole and postpetiole each with 1–2 pairs of backward directed hairs; first gastral tergite with numerous evenly distributed setae; cephalic dorsum dull, shagreenate-punctulate; first gastral tergite shining, with superficial reticulations.

Material examined

This species was not collected during the present study.

Ecological and biological notes

Nothing has been published on the ecology of this species.

Geographic range

A species originally described from Ethiopia and later recorded from Oman, KSA ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996), and UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011). Monomorium carbo was reported from Dhofar based on a single worker specimen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996).

Figures

Fig. 36. Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910, syntype, worker (CASENT0249908, AntWeb.org (Shannon Hartman)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.