Monomorium
- Dataset
- The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Formicidae
- genus
- Monomorium
description
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.
distribution
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.
Name
- Homonyms
- Monomorium
- Monomorium