Monomorium fayfaense

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

Some of the type specimens were collected from a mangrove swamp.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 15.216667° to 13.083333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia (type locality), United Arab Emirates.

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.

• fayfaense. Monomorium fayfaense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346, fig. 17 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Saudi Arabia: Fayfa, 17°16’N, 43°05’E, 27.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: Khama, mangrove swamp, 1.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), workers Yemen: Rissabah, 18.xi.1991 (A. van Harten), workers Yemen: Wadi Surdud, 29.xii.1991 (A. van Harten).
  • Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC).
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 433; Borowiec, L. 2014: 119.
  • Distribution: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

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

Description

Worker

Holotype: TL 3.0; HL 0.73; HW 0.58; SL 0.58; range: CI 82-87; SI 89-102; EL/HW 0.234-0.245.

The head is broad with curved sides and emarginate occiput. The clypeus is emarginate. The mesopropodeal furrow is deep and the propodeal dorsum rounds steeply into its declivous face and has a wide longitudinal furrow with raised side margins. The petiole is relatively high and steep, transverse in dorsal view. There are several long hairs on the pronotum and a few short suberect hairs on the mesopropodeum and on the lower genae. The petiole has one pair and the postpetiole two pairs and there are scattered hairs on the first gastral tergite. The head, alitrunk and nodes are bright red and the gaster a strongly contrasted dark colour.

Type Material

Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, Fayfa, 17°16'N 43°05'E, 27.III.1983, CA. Collingwood. - Paratypes: Saudi Arabia: workers, same series as holotype; workers, Khama mangrove swamp, 1.IV.1983, CA. Collingwood. - Yemen: workers from: Rissabah, 18.XI.1991; Wadi Surdud, 29.XII.1991; all A. van Harten.

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, fig. 17 worker described)
• Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R., van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474.
• 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, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405–474