Monomorium hemame

Monomorium hemame
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 hemame 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.

• hemame. Monomorium hemame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 348 (w.) KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Kuwait: Umm al-Hemam, 9.iii.1988 (W. Büttiker); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: Uyaynah, 1.iv.1976 (W. Büttiker).
  • Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 435; Borowiec, L. 2014: 120.
  • Distribution: Kuwait, 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 348, worker described)
• Lush, M.J. 2008. A new species of Monomorium from Kuwait. Zoology in the Middle East 45: 67-72.
• 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.