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 known from Chile and Argentina.^[1] Like M. bidentatum it was first described from Valdivia, Chile.^[2]

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. ^[2]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Mayr 1887, pp. 614–616

References

Mayr, G. (1887). "Südamerikanische Formiciden" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37: 511–632.

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[Fernández_2007-1] 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_614-616-2] Mayr 1887, pp. 614–616

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