Monomorium wahibiense

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

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

Nomenclature

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

• wahibiense. Monomorium wahibiense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 357 (w.) OMAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Oman: Wahibi Sands, 6.viii.1986 (M.D. Gallagher); paratypes: workers with same data, workers United Arab Emirates: Djebel Haffete, 3-4.x.1984 (H. Heatwole), workers United Arab Emirates: Ras Ghanada, ix.1992 (B. Tigar).
  • Type-depository: WMLC.
  • [Note: Sharaf, Mohamed, Boudinot, et al. 2021: 21, report 1 ‘syntype’ in WMLC; other type-material possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there, possibly in NCSU if Heatwole material returned there.]
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 438; Borowiec, L. 2014: 127.
  • Junior synonym of abeillei: Sharaf, Mohamed, Boudinot, et al. 2021: 12.

References

• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 357, 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

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• 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.
• 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
• Tigar B. J., and C. A. Collingwood. 1993. A preliminary list of ant records from Abu Dhabi Emirate, U.A.E. Tribulus 3(2): 13-14.