Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881

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 : 58-61

Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881

Fig. 37

Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881: 68 (w) Israel. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Uniform clear yellow; head in full-face view distinctly longer than broad; terminal funicular segment enlarged, more than twice as long as the two preceding segments; eyes oval, with a ring of ommatidia encircling two inner short rows of 2–3 ommatidia; promesonotal dorsum shallowly convex; metanotal groove sharply-defined; petiole massive, slightly higher than postpetiolar node in profile; anterior peduncle short; cephalic surface smooth and shining; mesosoma with only two pairs of standing hairs, one on pronotal corners and one on propodeum ( Fig. 37 ).

Material examined

Holotype ISRAEL • pinned worker; Jaffa ; CASENT0915416; MNHN.

OMAN – Dhofar • 5 w; Ayn Hamran ; 17.100° N, 54.284° E; alt. 106 m; 20 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 1 w; Ayn Sahlanot ; 17.148° N, 54.179° E; alt. 151 m; 16 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

Workers were collected from dry leaf litter next to a tree of Prosopis .

Geographic range

Monomorium clavicorne was described from Israel and subsequently recorded from several countries in the Palearctic Region including Egypt, Iran, Israel, and Palestine, KSA, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and UAE ( Sharaf et al. 2018b). The above specimens represent a new species record for Oman.

Figures

Fig. 37. Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881, major worker (CASENT0922879, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.