Monomorium pallidum

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium (Parholcomyrmex) destructor var. pallidus Donisthorpe, 1918b: 166 (w.) IRAQ.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Borowiec, L., Mossadegh, et al. 2019: 3); ca 90 paralectotype workers.
 * Type-locality: lectotype Iraq (“Mesopotamia”): Amara, on Tigris River, 10.ii.1918 (W.E. Evans); paralectotypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Crawley, 1920b: 179 (q.).
 * Combination in Monomorium confirmed: Borowiec, L., Mossadegh, et al. 2019: 3.
 * Subspecies of destructor: Emery, 1922e: 180; Bernard, 1948: 144; Ettershank, 1966: 91; Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 265.
 * Status as species: Crawley, 1920b: 178 (redescription); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Borowiec, L. 2014: 123; Borowiec, L., Mossadegh, et al. 2019: 3 (redescription).
 * Distribution: Iran, Iraq, Israel.

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.
 * Borowiec L., M. S. Mossadegh, S. Salata, S. Mohammadi, E. T. Torfi, M. Toosi, and A. Almasi. 2019. Redescription of Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918, revised status. Asian Myrmecology 11, e011001.
 * Crawley W. C. 1920. Ants from Mesopotamia and north-west Persia (concluded). Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 32: 177-179.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1918. A list of ants from Mesopotamia; with a description of a new species and a new variety. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 30: 165-167.
 * Izhaki I., B. Idelovich, R. Laster, and Y. Ofer. 2009. The impact of macro- vs micro environmental factors on the structure of ant communities inhabiting East-Mediterranean Aleppo pine forests. Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 129-146.
 * Pisarski B. 1964. Fauna Mrowek Afganistanu. Bibliogr. k. 160-166, Nieoprawiony maszynopis pracy, Praca doktorska. Instytut Zoologiczny PAN, 1964, Bibliogr. p. 160-166
 * Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.