Monomorium carbonarium

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba. Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Iraq, Oman, Portugal, Spain.

It is known to occur in Medeira, Azores, Saudi Arabia and Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul et al. 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  carbonarium. Myrmica carbonaria Smith, F. 1858b: 127 (w.q.m.) MADEIRA I. Combination in Monomorium: Roger, 1863b: 31. Junior synonym of minutum: Mayr, 1862: 753 (in text). Subspecies of minutum: Emery, 1893c: 82; Dalla Torre, 1893: 67; Emery, 1908h: 681. Status as species: Emery, 1890b: 48; Forel, 1899c: 78; Santschi, 1933a: 21; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Collingwood, 1985: 270.

Additional References

 * Abdul-Rassoul, M.S., Ali, H.B. & Augul, R.SH. 2013. New Records of Unidentified Ants worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) stored in Iraqi Natural History Museum with key to Species. Adv. Biores., Vol 4 (2): 27-33.