Monomorium dirie

Monomorium dirie
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species group:	salomonis
Species:	M. dirie
Binomial name
Monomorium dirie Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 Specimen Labels

Some of the type specimens were collected from the Wahiba Sands.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22° to 22°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Oman (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• dirie. Monomorium dirie Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346 (w.) OMAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Oman: Wadi Diri, 16.v.1984 (M.D. Gallagher); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Oman: Wahiba Sands, 14.xii.1985 (M.D. Gallagher), workers Oman: Minitirib, 1.iii.1986 (M.D. Gallagher).
  • Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there).
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 118.
  • Distribution: Oman.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype: HL 0.95; HW 0.82; SL 0.85; EL 0.27 (15 ommatidia in the longest row).

This species falls within the general description of Monomorium areniphilum but the ventral head is entirely bare of hairs. The alitrunk profile is also flatter with a more shallow mesopropodeal furrow.

Type Material

Holotype: worker, Oman, Wadi Diri, 16.V.1984, M.D. Gallagher. - Paratypes: Oman: workers, same series as holotype; workers from: Wahiba Sands, 14.XII.1985; Mintirib, 1.III.1986; all M.D. Gallagher.

References

• 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. 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

• 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., 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