Monomorium matame

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

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

Nomenclature

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

• matame. Monomorium matame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 350, fig. 22 (w.) OMAN, SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Oman: Wadi Matam, 1.ii.1986 (M.D. Gallagher); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: Nuayriyah, 20.v.1980 (W. Büttiker), workers Yemen: Sana’a, ii.1991 (A. van Harten).
  • Type-depository: WMLC (holotype) (possibly also in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned, possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there).
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 121.
  • Junior synonym of niloticum: Sharaf, Mohamed, Boudinot, et al. 2021: 37.

References

• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 350, fig. 22 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).