Monomorium denticulatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Monomorium |
Species: | M. denticulatum |
Binomial name | |
Monomorium denticulatum Mayr, 1887 | |
Synonyms | |
Notomyrmex denticulatum |
Monomorium denticulatum is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It known from Chile and Argentina. Like M. bidentatum it was first described from Valdivia, Chile.
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.
Footnotes
- ^ Fernández, F. (2007). "Two new South American species of Monomorium Mayr with taxonomic notes on the genus". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 80: 128–145.
- ^ Mayr 1887, pp. 614–616
References
- Mayr, G. (1887). "Südamerikanische Formiciden" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37: 511–632.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Monomorium denticulatum |
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