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: NHMB (possibly also in WMLC).
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 433; Borowiec, L. 2014: 119.
  • Junior synonym of areniphilum: Sharaf, Mohamed, Boudinot, et al. 2021: 23.

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).