Technomyrmex montaseri

Dorsum of head behind clypeus entirely lacks setae. Anterior clypeal margin with a shallow but distinct median concavity. In full-face view the posterior margin of the head and the sides clearly convex. Eyes of moderate size, located in front of the midlength and their outer margins just failing to break the outline of the sides. Sculpture of head a very weak, superficial and effaced microreticulum. Dorsum of mesosoma and propodeal declivity entirely lack setae. With mesosoma in profile the mesonotal dorsal outline consists of an anterior section that is short and flat to feebly convex; posterior to this the surface curves broadly and evenly into a larger, more steeply sloped posterior section that descends to the narrow mesonotal groove. Propodeum in profile with a short convex dorsal surface that rounds evenly into the declivity, the two surfaces not separating by an angle. Sculpture reduced and superficial on dorsal mesosoma and all gastral tergites; the latter without pubescence. All gastral tergites, scapes and tibiae without setae. Colour uniform yellow.

Saudi Arabia, Al Farrash, 15.x.1982, 21° 7’ 45 N, 40° 36’ 20 E; collector W. Büttiker (Collingwood 1985); Oman, Bani Sur (as the holotype and paratype) and Eastern Sands, iii.1986, all W. Büttiker; also, Yemen, Al-Hajjarah, 14.iii.1992, A van Harten (Collingwood and Agosti 1996).