Monomorium yemene
Monomorium yemene | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium nitidiventre) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Monomorium |
Species: | Monomorium yemene Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Monomorium nitidiventre.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- yemene. Monomorium yemene Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 357, fig. 32 (w.) YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Taiz, 20.x.1991 (A. van Harten); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Yemen: Zingibar-Shugra, 21.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood).
- Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC).
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 127.
- Distribution: Yemen.
References
- Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 357, fig. 32 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).