Monomorium fezzanense

Monomorium fezzanense
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium areniphilum)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species:	Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 Specimen Labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Monomorium areniphilum.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• fezzanense. Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Saudi Arabia: Jabal Banban, 16.iii.1978 (W. Büttiker); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: N Tabuk, 4.iv.1979, Expd N Hedjaz (W. Büttiker), workers Saudi Arabia: Al-Tawlah, 7.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), workers Oman: Khabura Batina, 2.vi.1979 (R.P. Whitcombe), workers OMAN: Thumrait, iv.1984 (J.M. Barnes).
  • Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 433; Borowiec, L. 2014: 119.
  • Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

References

• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 346, worker described)
• Sharaf, M.R., Mohamed, A.A., Boudinot, B.E., Wetterer, J.K., Hita Garcia, F., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. 2021. Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n. PeerJ 9, e10726. (doi:10.7717/peerj.10726).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Barech G., M. Khaldi, X. Espadaler, and H. Cagniant. 2017. The genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Maghreb (North Africa): Identification key, redescription of Monomorium major Bernard, 1953 and new records from Algeria. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 151-157.
• Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
• Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405–474
• Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004