Monomorium

Genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 Monomorium Mayr, 1855:452. Type-species: Monomorium minutum Mayr, 1855. Worker. Head longer than broad, clypeus bicarinate. Palp formula 1:2 or 2:2. Antennae 11 or 12 segmented with distinct 3 segmented club as long as rest of funiculus - intermediate segments transverse....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collingwood, C. A.
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Published: Zenodo 1979
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283772
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Summary:Genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 Monomorium Mayr, 1855:452. Type-species: Monomorium minutum Mayr, 1855. Worker. Head longer than broad, clypeus bicarinate. Palp formula 1:2 or 2:2. Antennae 11 or 12 segmented with distinct 3 segmented club as long as rest of funiculus - intermediate segments transverse. Mesopropodeal suture deeply marked; propodeum smoothly rounded, unarmed. Gaster basally emarginate with distinct anterior angles. Queen. Head as in worker. Mesonotum long, overhanging pronotum. Wings with 1 cubital cell and no discoidal cell. Male. Head in front of ocelli flat and broad; mandibles dentate. Antennae 13 segmented without distinct club; scape not as long as first 3 funicular segments. Mesonotum high, arched without notauli. This is a worldwide genus with several hundred species mainly occurring in the tropics. There are several cosmopolitan tramp species one of which is well established in North Europe. Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 62