Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt.
Author
Mohamed, S.
Author
Zalat, S.
Author
Fadl, H.
text
Egyptian Journal of Natural History
2001
3
40
61
journal article
21622
10.4314/ejnh.v3i1.30001
Genus
Monomorium
Mayr, 1855
Monomorium
Mayr,1855: Verh. zool. Bot. Ges. Wien.5:452.
Type-species:
Monomorium minutum Mayr
, 1855: Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien.5: 453.
Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearctic & Neotropical regions.
Key to species
1- Antennae with terminal funiculus segment longer than the two preceeding segments together (Fig.36), unicolourous, body entirely dark black, dorsum of alitrunk without projecting hairs (Fig.37) ........................ ........................
M. carbonarium (Smith)
- Antennae with terminal funiculus segment shorter than the two preceeding segments together (Fig. 38); bicolourous, head, alitrunk, nodes and appendages red, gaster black; dorsum of alitrunk with projecting hairs (Fig. 39).........
M. niloticum Emery