Monomorium denticulatum

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

Notomyrmex denticulatum
Nothidris denticulatus
Antichthonidris denticulatus
Antichthonidris denticulata

Monomorium denticulatum is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is endemic to Argentina[verification needed]. Like M. bidentatum it was first described from Valdivia, Chile.[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Mayr 1887: 614-616

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


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