نبذة مختصرة : Monomorium nimihil Collingwood, 2004 (Figure 15 (a–c)) Monomorium nimihil Collingwood, 2004: 485, fig. 12 (w.) Yemen. Afrotropical. (Paratype examined] Diagnosis Worker. Head nearly square with feebly convex sides and strongly concave posterior margin; eyes large with 10–11 ommatidia in the longest row; mandibles sculptured; body pilosity abundant. Body colour uniform yellow. Geographic range Monomorium nimihil is only known from the type locality, Wadi Daneghan, Socotra Island, 12.616667°N, 54.066667°E, and therefore is considered endemic. No new material was collected during the present study. Ecological and biological notes The species was reported from leaf litter under a fig tree, mostly Ficus cordata var. salicifolia (Vahl) next to a permanent stream (Collingwood et al. 2004). ; Published as part of Sharaf, Mostafa R., Fisher, Brian L., Collingwood, Cedric A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2017, Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species, pp. 317-378 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 51 (5 - 6) on pages 345-347, DOI:10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157, http://zenodo.org/record/5184295
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