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

 * . Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881b: 68, pl. 3, fig. 9 (w.) ISRAEL.
 * Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Israel: Jaffa (= Tel Aviv-Yafo) (Abeille de Perrin).
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * 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); Ettershank, 1966: 88; Collingwood, 1985: 270; Kugler, J. 1988: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 260; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011: 52 (in key); Collingwood, et al. 2011: 433; El-Hawagry, et al. 2013: 73 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 117 (see note in bibliography); Sharaf, Al Dhafer, et al. 2018: 9 (redescription).
 * Senior synonym of punicum: Sharaf, Al Dhafer, et al. 2018: 9.
 * Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.
 * punicum. Monomorium (Mitara) clavicorne var. punica Santschi, 1915a: 58, fig. 4 (w.) TUNISIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Tunisia: Sousse (Normand).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 183.
 * Subspecies of clavicorne: Emery, 1922e: 183; Ettershank, 1966: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 266.
 * Junior synonym of clavicorne: Sharaf, Al Dhafer, et al. 2018: 9.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * 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
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Ghahari H., and C. A. Collingwood. 2011. A study on the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of southern Iran. Calodema 176: 1-5.
 * Ghahari H., and C. A. Collingwood. 2013. A study on the ants (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Formicidae) from Western Iran. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 48 (1): 155164.
 * Santschi F. 1915. Nouvelles fourmis d'Algérie, Tunisie et Syrie. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 6: 54-63
 * Santschi, F.. "Nouvelles fourmis d'Algérie, Tunisie et Syrie." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 6 (1915): 54-63.
 * Sharaf M., H. M. Al Dhafer, A. S. Aldawood, and F. Hita Garcia. 2018. Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia. PeerJ 6:e4277; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4277
 * Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004