The Ants
of Egypt SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Monomorium Monomorium carbonarium (F Smith) |
monomorium-group |
Monomorium carbonarium (F Smith)Type location Madeira (Myrmica carbonaria, F Smith, 1858b: 127, all forms; raised to species Emery, 1890b: 48; see Collingwood, 1985: 270). |
F Smith's (1858b) description is at 1 line = 2.117 mm. Emery (1908h: 671) gave a description, this is at . Coal black and smooth; the clypeus is distinctive in having sharper apices to the carinae which project on the anterior margin than on Monomorium monomorium. Egypt record - Mohamed et al (2001) & in El-Moursy et al (2001) |
The photomontage is of a syntype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902279 |
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Taylor
CBiol FRSB FRES 11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. |
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