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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Monomorium
›
Monomorium venustum
Monomorium
venustum
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Myrmica venusta
Smith, 1858a
: 126 (w.) SYRIA. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Sharaf
et al.
, 2015
: 55). Type-locality: Syria: (no further data). Type-depository:
BMNH
.
Lectotype designation:
Sharaf
et al.
, 2015
: 55.
André, 1881c
: 66 (q.m.)
Combination in
Monomorium
:
Roger, 1863b
: 32.
Combination in
Monomorium (Xeromyrmex)
:
Wheeler, 1922
: 873.
Junior synonym of
Monomorium salomonis
:
Roger, 1863b
: 32;
Mayr, 1863a
: 429.
Subspecies of
Monomorium salomonis
:
Santschi, 1936a
: 46 (in key).
Status as species:
Emery, 1881b
: 531 (in key);
André, 1881c
: 65 (redescription);
André, 1883a
: 335 (in key);
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 70;
Forel, 1894b
: 88;
Forel, 1904c
: 373;
Ruzsky, 1905b
: 760;
Forel, 1907d
: 18;
Emery, 1908j
: 677;
Forel, 1910a
: 6;
Emery, 1922c
: 179;
Wheeler, 1922
: 873;
Menozzi, 1929f
: 125;
Finzi, 1930c
: 23;
Menozzi, 1933b
: 61;
Santschi, 1934d
: 277;
Finzi, 1936
: 175;
Santschi, 1936a
: 44 (in text);
Ettershank, 1966
: 93;
Collingwood, 1985
: 273;
Kugler, 1988
: 258;
Bolton, 1995b
: 268;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 357;
Lush, 2008
: 72 (in key);
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010
: 43;
Borowiec, 2014
: 127;
Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014
: 135;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2015
: 55;
Borowiec & Salata, 2020
: 14;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2020
: 548;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2021
: 42;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2022
: 69.
Obsolete combinations
Myrmica venusta
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1881b.
Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso dei Signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso "Esploratore" dal 16 novembre 1879 al 26 febbraio 1880. I. Formiche.
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1908j.
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1966.
A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to
Solenopsis
and
Pheidologeton
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PDF
Finzi, B.
1930c.
Hymenopteren aus Palästina und Syrien. (Zoologische Studienreise von R. Ebner 1928 mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.) Formicidae.
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1936.
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Forel, A.
1894b.
Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1904c ("1903").
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Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya 8:368-388.
PDF
Forel, A.
1907d.
Formicides du Musée National Hongrois.
Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 5:1-42.
PDF
Forel, A.
1910a.
Glanures myrmécologiques.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:6-32.
PDF
Kugler, J.
1988.
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Monographiae Biologicae 62:251-275.
PDF
Lush, M. J.
2008.
A new species of
Monomorium
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kuwait.
Zoology in the Middle East 45:67-72.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1929f.
Formiche del Sinai raccolte dal Dr. F. S. Bodenheimer, con descrizione di una nuova specie di
Monomorium
del sottogen.
Equestrimessor
.
Pp. 125-128 in:
Bodenheimer, F. S.
;
Theodor, O.
1929.
Ergebnisse der Sinai-Expedition 1927 der Hebräischen Universität, Jerusalem.
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Menozzi, C.
1933b.
Le formiche della Palestina.
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PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
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1905b.
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Santschi, F.
1934d.
Fourmis d'une croisière.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 74:273-282.
PDF
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1936a.
Étude sur les fourmis du genre
Monomorium
Mayr.
Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 16:32-64.
PDF
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;
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;
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;
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;
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2020.
A preliminary synopsis of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with remarks on the zoogeography.
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PDF
Sharaf, M. R.
;
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;
Al Dhafer, H. M.
;
Al Mutairi, M. S.
;
Aldawood, A. S.
2015.
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Monomorium
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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2021.
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M. heggyi
sp. n. and
M. khalidi
sp. n.
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;
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;
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