Monomorium clavicorne

Sharaf, Al Dhafer et al. (2018): Little is known of the biology of the species. The single specimen available was found in a cultivated area with a sewage water stream. It was coexisting with Tapinoma simrothi, Trichomyrmex mayri and Tetramorium caespitum. Due to the relatively broad regional distribution of the species it might be an introduction to Saudi Arabia.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Israel, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 *  clavicorne. Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881b: 68, pl. 3, fig. 9 (w.) ISRAEL.
 * Combination in M. (Mitara): Santschi, 1915a: 58.
 * Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 876.
 * Subspecies of orientale: Mayr, 1904b: 4; Emery, 1908h: 685; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 876.
 * Status as species: André, 1883a: 332 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Santschi, 1915a: 58; Emery, 1922e: 183; Menozzi, 1933b: 64 (in key); Collingwood, 1985: 270; Bolton, 1995b: 260; Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011: 52 (in key); Collingwood, et al. 2011: 433; Borowiec, L. 2014: 117 (see note in bibliography).
 * Senior synonym of punica: Sharaf, Al Dhafer et al., 2018: 9.
 * punicum. Monomorium (Mitara) clavicorne var. punica Santschi, 1915a: 58, fig. 4 (w.) TUNISIA.
 * Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 183.
 * Subspecies of clavicorne: Emery, 1922e: 183; Bolton, 1995b: 266.
 * Junior synonym of clavicorne: Sharaf, Al Dhafer et al., 2018: 9.