Monomorium moathi sp. n. is described and illustrated from Yemen based on the worker caste. This species belongs to the Monomorium salomonis-group, with closest resemblance to M. areniphilum Santschi, 1911. It is distinguished from the latter species by the following characters: Eyes oval, relatively large with eleven ommatidia in the longest row; Petiole node high and pointed in profile; Head, mesosoma and waist distinctly shagreenate granulate. Gaster finely shagreenate. Head dorsum, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and gastral tergites without hairs.
Aldawood, A., Sharaf, M., & Collingwood, C. (2010). Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology, 3(2), 37-42. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2010.15187
MLA
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood; Mostafa R. Sharaf; Cedric A. Collingwood. "Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group", Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology, 3, 2, 2010, 37-42. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2010.15187
HARVARD
Aldawood, A., Sharaf, M., Collingwood, C. (2010). 'Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group', Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology, 3(2), pp. 37-42. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2010.15187
VANCOUVER
Aldawood, A., Sharaf, M., Collingwood, C. Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology, 2010; 3(2): 37-42. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2010.15187