Monomorium dentatum

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Monomorium dentatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Monomorium
Species:
M. dentatum
Binomial name
Monomorium dentatum
Sharaf, M. R., 2007

Monomorium dentatum is an ant species which has been discovered on August 20, 2003, by M. R. Sharaf in Egypt and described by Sharaf, M. R. in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. Sharaf, M. R., 2007, Monomorium dentatum sp. n., a new ant species from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the fossulatum group., Zoology in the Middle East (41), pp. 93-98: 94-97