Monomorium desertorum

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Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894

Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 344 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Saudi Arabia: sandy desert nr Najran, 17°30’N, 44°03’E, 10.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Type-depository: unknown. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated). Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, paratype workers Saudi Arabia: sandy desert Hofuf, 14.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Paratype-depository: WMLC.

Status as species: Borowiec, 2014: 118.
Junior synonym of Monomorium exiguum: Sharaf et al., 2015: 52; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12.

Citations

Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S.; Hita Garcia, F. 2018. Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia. PeerJ 6:31 pp. e4277. 10.7717/peerj.4277 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Collingwood, C. A.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Al Mutairi, M. S.; Aldawood, A. S. 2015. New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ZooKeys 505:51-58. PDF

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